Exhibit 99.1

                               PRESS RELEASE

                SEABOARD CORPORATION NAMES STEVEN J. BRESKY
               CEO AND PRESIDENT; H. HARRY BRESKY CONTINUES
                         AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD


                                                               July 6, 2006
                                                            Merriam, Kansas


Seaboard Corporation (AMEX: SEB) today announced that Steven J. Bresky  has
been selected as President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding H. Harry
Bresky, who remains as Chairman of the Board.

Steven  Bresky, 53, most recently was Seaboard Corporation's    Senior Vice
President,  International Operations.  He  is  the  son of H. Harry Bresky.

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.