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) May 24, 2005
                                   
                                   
                         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 or organization)    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

On May 24, 2005, Registrant issued a press release announcing an agreement
to sell certain of its third party commodity trading operations to Grindrod
Limited.  The full text of this press release is included as exhibit 99.1
and incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits

     Registrant hereby furnishes the following exhibit pursuant to Item
     8.01:
     
     99.1 Press release of Seaboard Corporation dated May 24, 2005
          announcing an agreement to sell certain commodity trading
          operations to Grindrod Limited.
          
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                                 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:  May 24, 2005

                           Seaboard Corporation

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

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