Fuente: WIPO "hemp" Agricultural machine and method for harvesting a crop with upright stalks (29) on a soil, wherein means of transport are provided to convey the stalks (29) harvested upright to a feed-through channel (6), wherein the means of transport are provided on the front (1) of the machine and comprise at least a conveyor belt (7, 14) extending partly at the front (1) of the agricultural machine and which is designed to be driven in a direction of rotation (8) thereof in order to transport cut stalks (29) substantially upright to said feed-through channel (6). A cutter (12) is provided extending in said feed-through channel (6) to cut the stalks (29) while they are being moved upright through the feed-through channel (6).