Abstract There is disclosed a feeder device, for use in a harvester front for cutting and collecting crop material, the front including a rear opening arranged such that crop material cut by the front is transferred therethrough so as to be delivered to a feeder house of the harvester, the feeder device comprising: a shaft which has a central axis and is mountable in the harvester front so as to be rotatable about the central axis, the shaft having opposed end sections and a centre section located between the end sections, and being dimensioned such that the centre section is arranged in front of said opening when the shaft is mounted; flighting on the end sections to direct crop material received into the harvester front laterally inwardly towards a position below the centre section as the shaft rotates; and one or more paddles projecting from the centre section and extending diagonal to the central axis so as to urge cut crop material lying below the centre section towards said opening as the shaft rotates.
