portions 210 acts to move material rearward on the drum 100 each threshing tine 200 of the present invention has at least two crop engaging portions 210 thereon for increased efficiency in moving crop through the axial crop processing unit 24 the use of multiple crop engaging portions 210 on each threshing tine 200 helps to break up clumps of crop material such as that experienced in prior art threshing devices this helps to prevent uneven feeding and clogging caused by crop material clumps which can clog or slow crop processing mechanisms the threshing tine 200 of the present invention has a base 202 for mounting the threshing tine 200 to the rotor 100 the base 202 is secured to the rotor 100 with mounting bolts 57 as seen in fig4 the threshing tine 200 of the present invention has a base 202 at least two spaced apart crop engaging portions 210 and braces 208 the crop engaging portions 210 are secured to the base 202 along the bottom of the crop engaging portions 210 the brace 208 provides additional structural support along the back of the crop engaging portions 210 and along the base 202 in the arrangement of the present invention shown in fig4 the braces 208 are wedge shaped with two sides thereof being arcuate to reflect the shapes of the rear of the crop engaging portions 210 and the base 202 to which they are joined the base 202 has mounting holes 204 206 through which mounting bolts 57 pass for securing the threshing tine 200 to the rotor 100 as seen in fig3 the crop engaging portions 210 have a threshing surface 212 located on the face thereof for threshing of the crop material between the crop engaging portions 210 and the.