A pickup unit (60) for an agricultural baler (10) includes a frame (62) a pickup roll (64) carried by the frame (62) and a windrow conditioning roll (70) carried by the frame (62) and positioned in front of the pickup roll (64) when in an operating position. The windrow conditioning roll (70) includes a center core (74) and a pair of counter-rotating flightings (76A, 76B) surrounding the center core (74). The pickup unit (60) is characterized in that the flightings (76A, 76B) are connected together with each other in a manner such that wrapping of crop material around the windrow conditioning roll (70) is inhibited.
