A cutting unit (10) for one forage harvester, chopper blade (15) are undertaken with a chopping cylinder (11), with a bed plate plate rack (17), it undertakes the shear bar (16) for cutting off blade (15), a wherein top (20), away from bed plate plate rack (17), shear bar (16) provides a cutting edge (21) of shear bar (16), wherein the top (20) of shear bar (16) is shaped, so that the top (20) of shear bar (16) is inclined, at least in the upper portion (26) for facing chopping cylinder (11), chopping cylinder (11) continuously in the contact areas has the direction of cutting blade, as shown in the axial direction of chopping cylinder (11).