Exhibit 99.1

                               PRESS RELEASE
                            REPORT OF EARNINGS

                                                           November 6, 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 October  3,  2009  and
September 27, 2008, in thousands of dollars except per share amounts.

                              Three Months Ended         Nine Months Ended
                           October 3,  September 27,  October 3,  September 27,
                              2009         2008          2009         2008

Net sales                 $  854,625    $1,131,691   $2,642,023    $3,125,310


Net earnings attributable
 to Seaboard              $   36,715    $   32,905   $   79,607    $  123,895

Net earnings per common
 share                    $    29.69    $    26.47   $    64.32    $    99.62

Average number of shares
 outstanding               1,236,758     1,243,015    1,237,675     1,243,076


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/investor-sec.aspx.