A vegetation chopping roller for an agricultural land roller implementincluding a drum body having an outer periphery which is generally cylindricalabout adrum axis of rotation and a plurality of protruding mounting flanges uponwhichchopping blades are mounted using threaded fasteners. A seating surface isfixedlysupported in relation to the drum body in association with each blade whichreceives theinner edge of the associated blade abutted thereon such that the threadedfasteners aresubstantially isolated from shear forces by the abutment of the blades withthe seatingsurfaces.