A system and method of clearing a lump of cut crop material from an internal conveyor of the feeder house (102) of an agricultural combine (104) and an auger conveyor (112) of a belt pickup (100) mounted on the feeder house (102) by ejecting the lump of cut crop material to a position forward of the auger conveyor (112), then shredding the lump of cut crop material by the auger conveyor (112) and feeding the shredded portions of the lump of cut crop material into the internal conveyor, and then accelerating a belt conveyor (114) on the belt pickup (100) located immediately in front of the auger conveyor (112) to its full harvesting speed.
