Exhibit 99.1

                               PRESS RELEASE
                            REPORT OF EARNINGS

                                                                May 8, 2009
                                                    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 three months ended April 4, 2009 and  March
29, 2008, in thousands of dollars except per share amounts.

                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                      April 4,    March 29,
                                                         2009        2008

Net sales                                            $  917,568  $  993,668

Net earnings attributable to Seaboard                $   15,973  $   70,027

Net earnings per common share                        $    12.89  $    56.28

Average number of shares outstanding                  1,239,207   1,244,205


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   the  Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10-Q  on  its  website   at
http://www.seaboardcorp.com/investors/Annual.aspx.