8-K

                            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) May 20, 2005


                         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 or organization)   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.)


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Item 8.01.  Other Events

On May 20, 2005, Registrant issued a press release announcing an agreement
to acquire Daily's,  a bacon processing company.  The full text of
this press release is included as exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by
reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits

     Registrant hereby furnishes the following exhibit pursuant to Item
     8.01:

     99.1 Press release of Seaboard Corporation dated May 20, 2005
          announcing an agreement to acquire Daily's.

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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:  May 20, 2005

                           Seaboard Corporation

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

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EX-99.1

                                                               Exhibit 99.1

                               PRESS RELEASE

                                                               May 20, 2005
                                                            Merriam, Kansas

Seaboard  Corporation  (AMEX: SEB) announced  today  that  its  subsidiary,
Seaboard Farms,  Inc., has entered into an agreement  to  acquire  Daily's,
a  bacon  processor    located  in    the    western   United  States,  for
$45 million  in  cash,  subject  to  final  adjustments  related to working
capital, and a 4.74% equity interest in Seaboard Farms.

The acquisition will include Daily's two bacon processing plants located in
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  and Missoula, Montana.  Daily's  produces  premium
sliced and pre-cooked bacon primarily for food service.   This  acquisition
will  continue  Seaboard  Farms'  expansion of its  integrated  pork  model
into value-added products.  The  acquisition is expected to be completed by
early July.

Seaboard  Corporation  is  a  diversified  international  agribusiness  and
transportation  company, primarily engaged in domestic pork production  and
processing and cargo shipping.  Overseas, Seaboard is primarily engaged  in
commodity  merchandising, flour and feed milling,  produce  farming,  sugar
production and electric power generation.