Double Baler Having Bale Chamber Center Flow Restrictors

An agricultural baler having a pickup assembly configured to take cut plant material from the ground and move the plant material to a baling chamber and compress the plant material in the baling chamber with a reciprocating plunger, the baling chamber being formed with a floor, a roof and opposing side walls, the baler comprising:

• a stationary knife mounted in the baling chamber extending vertically between the floor and the roof;
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• a dividing partition extending rearward from the knife, wherein the dividing partition extends from the roof to the floor of the baling chamber and is intermediate the side walls of the baling chamber such that plant material moved into the baling chamber is split by movement of the plunger relative to the knife and pushed into first and second bale-forming compartments to form a first bale in the first bale-forming compartment on one side of the dividing partition and a second bale in the second bale-forming compartment on an opposite side of the dividing partition, wherein each side of the dividing partition has a flow resisting mechanism configured to resist rearward movement of the bale being formed in the respective first and second bale-forming compartments.