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Finally, in the baling room, huge piles of dried hops condition at room temperature for around 24 hours before being sent by more conveyors into the baler. The baler, along with the help of a talented crew, compresses the hops into 200 pound bricks. The team of four workers then hand sews two sheets of burlap around the hop bale. The bales wait in a cold room before being shipped on semi-trucks to the hop processing facility.