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 24, 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 24, 2005, Registrant issued a press release announcing an agreement
to sell certain of its third party commodity trading operations to Grindrod
Limited.  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 24, 2005
          announcing an agreement to sell certain commodity trading
          operations to Grindrod Limited.

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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 24, 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
Seaboard Announces Sale of Certain Third Party Commodity Trading Operations

                                                               May 24, 2005
                                                            Merriam, Kansas

Seaboard Corporation (AMEX: SEB) announced today that its Commodity Trading
and  Milling  Segment has entered into agreements to sell  certain  of  its
third  party commodity trading operations to a South African multi-national
shipping company, Grindrod Limited.  The transaction is scheduled to  close
on  May  27,  2005.  The sale of this portion of Seaboard's  business  will
enable  Seaboard to focus on its core milling operations and the  efficient
supply of commodities to support these operations.

Seaboard's revenues for the first quarter 2005 and for the year  2004  from
the  portion  of the operations being sold were approximately $140  million
and  $630  million, respectively.  This compares to total Seaboard revenues
for  the  first  quarter  2005  and  for the  year  2004  of  approximately
$713  million  and $2.7 billion, respectively.  Operating income  from  the
portion of the operations being sold cannot be currently distinguished from
the  remaining  operations  of  Seaboard's Commodity  Trading  and  Milling
Segment.  Operating income for the first quarter 2005 and for the year 2004
for  Seaboard's  Commodity Trading and Milling Segment  were  approximately
$19.8  million  and  $27.4 million, respectively.  This compares  to  total
Seaboard  operating  income for the first quarter  2005  and  for  2004  of
approximately $97.1 million and $251.3 million, respectively.

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,  sugar  production  and
electric power generation.