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<TYPE>EX-4.4
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<FILENAME>exh44.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SENIOR NOTE SERIES A
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                                                Exhibit 4.4



   [Form of 5.80% Senior Note, Series A, due September 30,2009]

                    Seaboard Corporation

     5.80% Senior Note, Series A, due September 30, 2009

No.  RA-[__]                                               [Date]
$[__________]                                      PPN 811543 A@6

     For   Value   Received,   the   undersigned,   Seaboard
Corporation  (herein  called the "Company"),  a  corporation
organized  and  existing under the  laws  of  the  State  of
Delaware,  hereby promises to pay to [_____________________]
or registered assigns, the principal sum of [______________]
Dollars on September 30, 2009 with interest (computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on  the
unpaid  balance thereof at the rate of 5.80% per annum  from
the  date hereof, payable semi-annually, on the 30th day  of
March and September in each year and at maturity, commencing
with the March or September next succeeding the date hereof,
until  the  principal  hereof  shall  have  become  due  and
payable,  and  (b) to the extent permitted  by  law  on  any
overdue  payment  (including  any  overdue  prepayment)   of
principal,  any overdue payment of interest and any  overdue
payment  of  any Make-Whole Amount (as defined in  the  Note
Purchase Agreement referred to below), payable semi-annually
as  aforesaid  (or,  at the option of the registered  holder
hereof,  on demand), at a rate per annum from time  to  time
equal  to the greater of (i) 7.80% or (ii) 2% over the  rate
of interest publicly announced by Bank of America, N.A. from
time  to time in New York, New York as its "base" or "prime"
rate.

     Payments  of  principal of, interest on and  any  Make-
Whole  Amount with respect to this Note are to  be  made  in
lawful  money  of  the  United  States  of  America  at  the
principal  office of Bank of America, N.A. in New York,  New
York  or  at  such  other place as the  Company  shall  have
designated by written notice to the holder of this  Note  as
provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

     This  Note  is one of a series of Senior Notes  (herein
called  the  "Notes") issued pursuant to the  Note  Purchase
Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2002 (as from  time  to
time  amended, supplemented or modified, the "Note  Purchase
Agreement"),   between  the  Company  and   the   respective
Purchasers  named therein and is entitled  to  the  benefits
thereof.   Each holder of this Note will be deemed,  by  its
acceptance hereof, (i) to have agreed to the confidentiality
provisions  set forth in Section 10.2 of the  Note  Purchase
Agreement and (ii) to have made the representation set forth
in Section 1.3(b) of the Note Purchase Agreement.

     This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in  the
Note  Purchase  Agreement, upon surrender of this  Note  for
registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a
written  instrument  of  transfer  duly  executed,  by   the
registered  holder  hereof or such  holder's  attorney  duly
authorized  in  writing, a new Note  for  a  like  principal
amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the
transferee.   Prior to due presentment for  registration  of
transfer,  the  Company may treat the person in  whose  name
this  Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose
of  receiving  payment and for all other purposes,  and  the
Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

     The Company will make required prepayments of principal
on  the  dates  and  in the amounts specified  in  the  Note
Purchase  Agreement.  This Note is also subject to  optional
prepayment,  in whole or from time to time in part,  at  the
times  and  on  the  terms specified in  the  Note  Purchase
Agreement, but not otherwise.

     If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase
Agreement, occurs and is continuing, the principal  of  this
Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable  in
the  manner,  at  the price (including any applicable  Make-
Whole  Amount)  and  with the effect provided  in  the  Note
Purchase Agreement.

     This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with,  and the rights of the issuer and holder hereof  shall
be  governed by, the law of the State of New York  excluding
choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would
require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction  other
than such State.

                                Seaboard Corporation



                                By
                                  Name:
                                  Title:



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