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) July 5, 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 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Seaboard  or  a  subsidiary  of Seaboard, has entered  into  the  following
material definitive agreements:

Employment  Agreement between Seaboard and Steven J. Bresky  dated  July  1
2005.

Employment  Agreement between Seaboard and Robert L. Steer  dated  July  1,
2005.

Employment  Agreement between Seaboard Farms, Inc. and Rodney K.  Brenneman
dated July 1, 2005.

Each  of the Employment Agreements contains the following principal  terms:
(1)  a  term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2005, subject to renewal
by  the  Company; (2) payment of a minimum base salary in  the  amounts  of
$440,000 for Mr. Bresky and Mr. Steer., and $370,000 for Mr. Brenneman; (3)
payment  of  an  annual minimum bonus in the amounts of  $450,000  for  Mr.
Bresky  and Mr. Steer., and $400,000 for Mr. Brenneman; (4) non-competition
and   non-solicitation  provisions  which  apply  during   the   employee's
employment and for a period of one (1) year after the termination  of  such
employment  or 2 years if the employee voluntarily resigns for  any  reason
other  than  for "Good Reason"; and (5) upon an involuntary termination  of
the  employee's employment without "Cause" or a resignation by the employee
for  "Good  Reason," payment to the employee of his then  salary  and  most
recent  bonus for the balance of the term of the Employment Agreement,  but
not  for  less than the non-competition period; and (6) under the Company's
Executive Retirement Plan, years of service credit accrues for the term  of
the  severance period and the final average earnings calculation under this
plan  is  determined utilizing the base salary and bonus  paid  during  the
severance period.

Item 8.01.  Other Events

On  July  5,  2005,  Seaboard completed the purchase of  Daily's,  a  bacon
processor located in the western United States, with plants located in Salt
Lake City, Utah and Missoula, Montana.

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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:  July 5, 2005

                           Seaboard Corporation

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

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