![]() ![]() Export demand for the fluffy, crunchy snack has been slowly rising in recent years from China and Russia. Most of the popcorn consumed worldwide is grown in the United States. The popcorn industry - which sold $985.7 million in 2010 worth of unpopped kernels, down 2.2 percent from five years earlier - is barely an economic nibble out of the country’s corn world. “The popcorn portion of the product is a very low percentage of the price, and the prices are already so high, I think consumers would balk if they went up any higher,” said Bob Goldin, director of the food supplier practice at Technomic Inc. While consumers may have to pay more for the snack at the grocery store soon, some analysts say the chances of prices rising for a bucket of movie theater popcorn are slim. Slideshow ( 4 images ) HIGHER POPCORN PRICES UNLIKELY AT THEATERS The situation has had popcorn buyers - from small mom-and-pop shops to larger food chains - scrambling for months to line up their supplies for this fall. “In some places, they’re going to be down to counting kernels at the bottom of the storage bins.” BUYERS LINING UP “This is the worst season we’ve ever had,” said third-generation popcorn purveyor Mark Shew, who runs the family’s farm in Vigo County. popcorn farmers have watched in horror as stifling, triple-digit temperatures and weeks without rain withered crops. All across the Midwest, where rows of popcorn normally thrive alongside fields of soybeans, U.S. It’s an ill portent for the snack food world. Plants are listing, stalks are spindly and corn ears small. REUTERS/Brent Smithīut as a crippling Midwestern drought sends commodity soybean and grain prices soaring, the family’s farmland in west-central Indiana is suffering. All across the Midwest, where rows of popcorn normally thrive alongside fields of soybeans, American popcorn farmers have watched in horror as soaring triple-digit temperatures and weeks without rain have left corn stands stunted and crops withered. In her past-time, Ciara enjoys studying art history and has enrolled in art history classes through UCLA.Farmer Matt Johnson inspects the leaves on a popcorn plant near grain storage bins in his popcorn crop fields on his family's farm in Redkey, Indiana June 28, 2012. In the meantime, she plans to gain as much knowledge for the craft by watching and learning from those in the business that she has the privilege to work alongside. She strives to maintain her small town charm and works not to make acting the "be-all and end-all." To further her acting career, Ciara has chosen to put her dream of being a documentary filmmaker and director on hold and deferred her admission to film school. Ciara studied acting with Larry Moss during his Master Class Workshop and continues to study with Aaron McPhearson. ![]() Ciara's audience appeal helped Nickelodeon's Jinxed to achieve record-breaking network viewership ratings. As Ciara's fan base grew, Nickelodeon cast her in several television movies including the lead in Jinxed. Voice-over and commercial acting became her staple until, at only 11- years -old, she was discovered from an audition tape to play Katie Knight on Nickelodeon's hit show Big Time Rush. Ciara began her acting career at the young age of nine in local television commercials in her small hometown in Northern Kentucky, just ten miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her cameo appearance of Neighbor's 2 - Sorority Rising Ciara brought her All-American charm. In Marti Noxon's film To the Bone, she plays Tracey a teen battling Bulimia. Ciara will soon be seen in the Sundance-nominated film The Long Dumb Road as Ashly, the rebellious daughter of Casey Wilson. She has landed the recent guest starring characters in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ciara's two breakout television roles were as a series-regular in FOX's Second Chance and as a co-star in FOX's Red Band Society. Next up, Ciara is co-starring in the YouTube RED series, Wayne as troubled and defiant Del. Her finesse with subtle off-beat humor and a touch of warmth adds to Ciara's allurement as an actress. Ciara's acting career has brought her roles that range from the girl next door brainiac to the deeply troubled adolescent. Ciara Bravo has become one of the few actresses working today to move easily between television and film. ![]()
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