CHICAGO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with corn and wheat falling and soybean rising.

       The most active corn contract for May delivery fell 0.5 cents, or 0.11 percent, to settle at 4.39 U.S. dollars per bushel. May wheat shed 7.5 cents, or 1.36 percent, to settle at 5.45 dollars per bushel. May soybean soared 24 cents, or 2.02 percent, to settle at 12.095 dollars per bushel.

       Chicago-based research company AgResource looks for corn futures' additional short covering into March U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Stocks and Seeding report to be released on March 28.

       World wheat futures were under pressure from the sizeable amount of wheat offered to Egypt's GASC in Wednesday's tender. The cheapest FOB wheat offer was Bulgarian wheat at 232.50 dollars per metric ton; U.S./Paris wheat futures were in decline on the remainder of large old crop wheat availability. New crop supplies are becoming more important with each passing day.

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