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I live in central Kansas, and me and my dad are farmers as is my family (which has been for five generations). And we grow corn, as does about everybody in this area. And I can tell you that your entire question is completely unrealistic when applied to actual farming. If you're trying to justify illegal immigration, and the influx of mass low wage workers which in your scenario would be utilized in harvesting corn, this doesn't even begin to help you. I can tell you that no farmer I know (which is about everyone I know) has ever hired an illegal immigrant, because they are all unskilled workers, and all farm help nowadays has to be very skilled in mechanics, ag-tech, heavy equipment, chemicals, and more. Every farmer I've ever met is against illegal immigration because in our area it only tends to lead toward gangs, poverty, and an increased crime rate. But to answer your question on "which option would drop the farmers prices," I can tell you that option A is too unrealistic to even be considered for a host of reasons, chief among them being the fact that hand-harvesting of corn died with the threshing machine in the early 1900's. Option B is what most farmers do anyhow, but most (like my family) just buy used combines which are significantly cheaper than 500,000 dollars, and many others are still using combines passed down to them from their parents. Option C is what some have been forced to do, but for a number of reasons which have nothing to do with lack of labor. Then of course there's another option which is hiring a custom cutters crew to come harvest for you.
Did you know that American farmers grow crops other than corn?
It appears that you don't.