Crop lifter and crop accessory attachment

A crop lifter adapted for attachment to a cutting header having a knife and cooperating guards mounted along a lower front edge thereof, the crop lifter comprising:

• a mounting bracket adapted for pivotal attachment to a guard finger of the header;
• a lifting finger attached to the mounting bracket such that a leading end of the lifting finger is ahead of and below the knife and such that pivoting the mounting bracket up and down with respect to the guard finger varies a distance between the leading end of the lifting finger and ground level;
• a pivot lock mechanism operative, during field operations, to fix the mounting bracket at a selected one of a plurality of pivotal positions with respect to the guard finger to prevent upward and downward movement of the leading end of the lifting finger in response to forces exerted on the lifting finger during field operations.