The present invention concerns agricultural equipment and particularly shredders stalk material bales. The novelty of the invention is location of cutter blades into slots created into hopper surface. The length of the slots complies with displacement during shredding reciprocating movement. The hopper or the cutter mechanism movement during shredding and cutting depth adjustment is provided. The bale shredder is recommended for stalk material fine shredding provided for further briquette, pellets or chipboard production.