In one embodiment, a method, comprising: in one pass: cutting a first portion of crop with a plurality of knives of a cutter bar of a header coupled to an agricultural machine conveying the cut first portion to a center of the header cutting a second portion of the crop during the same pass with a second set of knives of a mower cutter bar coupled to the header and either chopping the cut second portion or swathing the cut second portion based on a respective position of a swather disposed rearward of the mower cutter bar and a deflector disposed between the cutter bar and the mower cutter bar.
