CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Farmers in South Texas are facing delays in selling their crop this season, as uncertainty over international trade deals puts sales on hold and adds financial pressure.

Cotton is a staple crop in South Texas and one that usually brings in big returns. But this year, even after one of the best harvests, much of it is still sitting in the fields.

Farmer Bobby Nedbalek said he's waiting for a market that just isn’t moving.

"Our biggest problem now is that the customers that normally buy the cotton, from the United States have been buying those cotton supply, needs from other countries, Brazil, Venezuela, and in fact, Africa," Nedbalek said. "They will continue to buy it from the lowest price market that they can get into, and we just can't compete with the low mark

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