Exhibit 99.1

                               PRESS RELEASE
                            REPORT OF EARNINGS

                                                         September 27, 2008
                                                    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 quarters ended  September  27,  2008  and
September 29, 2007, in thousands of dollars except per share amounts.

                            Three Months Ended          Nine Months Ended
                        September 27, September 29, September 27, September 29,
                             2008          2007          2008          2007

Net sales                $1,131,691    $  801,328    $3,125,310    $2,272,695

Net earnings             $   32,905    $   52,572    $  123,895    $  144,584


Net earnings per common
 share                   $    26.47    $    41.75    $    99.62    $   114.69

Average number of shares
 outstanding              1,243,015     1,259,091     1,243,706     1,260,605


Notes to Report of Earnings:

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