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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000088121-09-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090302
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090302
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090302

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SEABOARD CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000088121
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEAT PACKING PLANTS [2011]
		IRS NUMBER:				042260388
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03390
		FILM NUMBER:		09648595

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9000 W. 67TH STREET
		CITY:			SHAWNEE MISSION
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			66202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9136768800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9000 W. 67TH STREET
		CITY:			SHAWNEE MISSION
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			66202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19820328

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HATHAWAY BAKERIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710315
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<DESCRIPTION>SEABOARD CORPORATION 8-K DATED MARCH 2, 2009
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                             UNITED STATES
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549



                               FORM 8-K
                            CURRENT REPORT



PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 2, 2009


                         Seaboard Corporation
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


      Delaware                      1-3390                 04-2260388
(State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation)                  File Number)          Identification No.)


9000 W. 67th Street, Shawnee Mission, Kansas                66202
  (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


  Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (913) 676-8800


                            Not Applicable
    (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
the following provisions:

[ ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
     (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
     CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On  March 2, 2009,  Registrant  issued  a press release announcing earnings
for  the year ended December 31, 2008 and a declaration of dividends.   The
full text of this press release is included as exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.

In  accordance  with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K,  the  information
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, and the related press release included  as
exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report, shall not be deemed to be "filed"  for
purposes  of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as  amended
(the  "Exchange  Act"),  or otherwise subject to the  liabilities  of  that
section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference  in
any  filing  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the  Exchange
Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.  The information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, and such exhibit,
shall  not  be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information
in  this  report  on  Form 8-K that is required to be disclosed  solely  to
satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits

     Registrant hereby furnishes the following exhibit pursuant to Item 2.02:

     99.1 Press   release   of  Seaboard   Corporation  dated March 2, 2009
          announcing earnings for the year  ended  December 31, 2008  and a
          declaration  of dividends.

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                                 SIGNATURE


Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf  by  the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.




                           DATE:  March 2, 2009

                           Seaboard Corporation

                           by: /s/ Robert L. Steer
                               Robert L. Steer, Senior Vice President,
                               Chief Financial Officer

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<DESCRIPTION>PRESS RELEASE OF SEABOARD CORPORATION
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                                                               Exhibit 99.1

                               PRESS RELEASE
                REPORT OF EARNINGS AND DIVIDEND DECLARATION

                                                          March 2, 2009
                                                    Shawnee Mission, Kansas

The  following  is  a  report  of earnings for Seaboard  Corporation  (AMEX
symbol: SEB) with offices at 9000 West 67th Street, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
66202, (the "Company"), for the three and twelve months ended December  31,
2008  and  December  31,  2007, in thousands of dollars  except  per  share
amounts.
                                   Three Months Ended    Twelve Months Ended
                                      December 31,            December 31,
                                    2008        2007        2008       2007

Net sales                        $1,142,494  $  940,606  $4,267,804 $3,213,301


Net earnings                     $   23,024  $   36,748  $  146,919 $  181,332

Net earnings per common share    $    18.55  $    29.40  $   118.19 $   144.15

Average number of shares
 outstanding                      1,241,322   1,249,991   1,243,087  1,257,901


Notes to Report of Earnings:

Seaboard  Corporation today filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K  with  the
United  States Securities and Exchange Commission.  Seaboard  has  provided
access   to   the   Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  on   its   website   at
http://www.seaboardcorp.com/investors/Annual.aspx.

The  Company today announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has
declared  a dividend of seventy-five cents ($0.75) per share on the  common
stock  of  the Company payable March 31, 2009 to stockholders of record  at
the close of business on March 20, 2009.

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