DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--After trading mixed most of the day, the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets closed mostly higher Wednesday.

At the close, the March futures corn contract settled 1 cent lower at $6.95. The March soybean futures contract closed 2 cents higher at $14.23. March wheat futures are trading 3 cents higher at $7.35 per bushel. The March soyoil futures contract is trading $0.56 higher at $51.60. The March soymeal futures are trading $2.20 per short ton lower at $408.10. 

In the outside markets, the NYMEX crude oil is $0.51 per barrel lower, the dollar is higher and the Dow Jones Industrials are 60 points lower.