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) December 16, 2008


                         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)                  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

As  previously  disclosed, the Board of Directors of  Seaboard  Corporation
(the  "Company") authorized the Company to purchase up to $50.0 million  of
the Company's common stock from time to time in open-market purchases or in
privately  negotiated transactions.  This authorization expires  on  August
31,  2009.   As  of December 16, 2008, approximately $15.2 million  of  the
Company's   common  stock  remained  available  for  purchase  under   this
authorization.

To  facilitate  the  Company's  purchase  of  the  common  stock  remaining
available   for  purchase  under  this  authorization,  the   Company   has
established a plan ("10b5-1 Plan") under Rule 10b5-1 of the SEC.  The 10b5-
1  Plan  provides  for  the  purchase of up to $15  million  (inclusive  of
commissions)  of  the  Company's common stock,  pursuant  to  the  existing
repurchase authorization, during the period beginning December 17, 2008 and
ending  March  2,  2009.  A broker selected by the Company  will  have  the
authority under the terms and limitations specified in the 10b5-1  Plan  to
repurchase shares on the Company's behalf in accordance with the  terms  of
the plan.

SEC  Rule  10b5-1  allows an issuer, at a time when not  in  possession  of
material  inside  information, to establish a prearranged written  plan  to
repurchase  a  specified number of its shares when it  otherwise  might  be
prevented  from  doing so under insider trading laws or  because  of  self-
imposed trading blackout periods.




                                 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:  December 16, 2008

                           Seaboard Corporation

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