Wheat also found strength, bouncing from fresh contract lows as Black Sea tensions added risk premium despite otherwise heavy fundamentals. Old crop delivered markets firmer as consumers try to get old crop slots covered. OffshoreWheatFutures bounced off fresh contract lows but remain heavy, pressured by shutdown/report hangover and larger U.S. stocks/production. Canada barley crop estimated ~8.7m t with ~2.3m t malt-quality; U.S. barley yields a record but production still −3% y/y. Euro area unemployment edged up to 6.3% in August, still near record lows; Italy +0.1ppt, Spain −0.1ppt.