A baler, comprising: a frame; a bale forming chamber disposed within the frame and configured to form a bale; and a net wrapping system, the net wrapping system comprising: (i) a net dispensing assembly, comprising: a supply roll holding a net material; a duckbill for receiving the net material from the supply roll and feeding the net material into a bale chamber along a first direction of travel; and one or more bale chamber rolls proximate the bale chamber for receiving the net material from the duckbill; and (ii) a net knife assembly, comprising: a linkage drive system comprising a drive linkage coupled to a motor; a knife carrier coupled to the linkage drive system and configured to be positioned in a home position and a cut position; wherein the motor is configured to rotate the drive linkage of the linkage drive system, rotation of the drive linkage rotating the knife carrier between the home position and the cut position; characterized in that the net knife assembly further comprises a tensioning member coupled to the linkage drive system, wherein upon rotation of the knife carrier through a center position relative to the tensioning member, rotation of the knife carrier is accelerated by the tensioning member into the home position or the cut position, wherein the center position comprises alignment of the coupling point between an attachment linkage and the knife carrier, a pivot point of the knife carrier, and an anchor of the tensioning member, along a plane a frame; a bale forming chamber disposed within the frame and configured to form a bale; and a net wrapping system, the net wrapping system comprising: (i) a net dispensing assembly, comprising: a supply roll holding a net material; a duckbill for receiving the net material from the supply roll and feeding the net material into a bale chamber along a first direction of travel; and one or more bale chamber rolls proximate the bale chamber for receiving the net material from the duckbill; and (ii) a net knife assembly, comprising: a linkage drive system comprising a drive linkage coupled to a motor; a knife carrier coupled to the linkage drive system and configured to be positioned in a home position and a cut position; (i) a net dispensing assembly, comprising: a supply roll holding a net material; a duckbill for receiving the net material from the supply roll and feeding the net material into a bale chamber along a first direction of travel; and one or more bale chamber rolls proximate the bale chamber for receiving the net material from the duckbill; and a supply roll holding a net material; a duckbill for receiving the net material from the supply roll and feeding the net material into a bale chamber along a first direction of travel; and one or more bale chamber rolls proximate the bale chamber for receiving the net material from the duckbill; and (ii) a net knife assembly, comprising: a linkage drive system comprising a drive linkage coupled to a motor; a knife carrier coupled to the linkage drive system and configured to be positioned in a home position and a cut position; a linkage drive system comprising a drive linkage coupled to a motor; a knife carrier coupled to the linkage drive system and configured to be positioned in a home position and a cut position; wherein the motor is configured to rotate the drive linkage of the linkage drive system, rotation of the drive linkage rotating the knife carrier between the home position and the cut position; characterized in that the net knife assembly further comprises a tensioning member coupled to the linkage drive system, wherein upon rotation of the knife carrier through a center position relative to the tensioning member, rotation of the knife carrier is accelerated by the tensioning member into the home position or the cut position, wherein the center position comprises alignment of the coupling point between an attachment linkage and the knife carrier, a pivot point of the knife carrier, and an anchor of the tensioning member, along a plane