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Logan Staheli, 22, of Cedar City, Utah, is shown in front of the hay steamer designed by his dad Dave and the Staheli sons. To be properly processed, hay cannot be too dry (the leaves come off) or too wet (it will mold) when baled, and farmers historically must bale their winnowed hay during a precise three-hour window when nature provides the perfect the dew point. The Staheli machine, pulled here by a John Deere tractor and followed by a Massey-Ferguson baler, provides the exact amount of moisture needed for baling. The bales are 1,500 pounds.