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                                                          Exhibit 31.1

                            CERTIFICATIONS

I, Steven J. Bresky, certify that:

  1. I  have   reviewed   this   report   on  Form  10-Q  of  Seaboard
     Corporation;

  2. Based  on  my  knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
     statement  of  a material fact or omit to state a  material  fact
     necessary  to  make  the  statements  made,  in  light   of   the
     circumstances  under  which  such  statements  were   made,   not
     misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

  3. Based   on   my  knowledge, the financial statements,  and  other
     financial information included in this report, fairly present  in
     all  material  respects  the  financial  condition,  results   of
     operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and  for,  the
     periods presented in this report;

  4. The   registrant's   other   certifying   officer(s)  and  I  are
     responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure  controls
     and  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and
     15d-15(e))  and  internal  control over financial  reporting  (as
     defined  in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))  for  the
     registrant and have:

     a) Designed  such  disclosure controls and procedures, or  caused
        such  disclosure controls and procedures to be designed  under
        our  supervision, to ensure that material information relating
        to  the  registrant, including its consolidated  subsidiaries,
        is   made  known  to  us  by  others  within  those  entities,
        particularly during the period in which this report  is  being
        prepared;

     b) Designed  such  internal  control over financial reporting, or
        caused  such internal control over financial reporting  to  be
        designed   under   our  supervision,  to  provide   reasonable
        assurance  regarding  the reliability of  financial  reporting
        and  the  preparation  of  financial statements  for  external
        purposes  in  accordance  with generally  accepted  accounting
        principles;

     c) Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the registrant's disclosure
        controls  and  procedures and presented  in  this  report  our
        conclusions   about  the  effectiveness  of   the   disclosure
        controls  and procedures, as of the end of the period  covered
        by this report based on such evaluation; and

     d) Disclosed   in   this  report any change in  the  registrant's
        internal   control  over  financial  reporting  that  occurred
        during  the  registrant's  most  recent  fiscal  quarter  (the
        registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of  an  annual
        report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably  likely
        to  materially affect, the registrant's internal control  over
        financial reporting; and

  5. The  registrant's  other   certifying   officer(s)   and  I  have
     disclosed,  based  on  our  most recent  evaluation  of  internal
     control  over  financial reporting, to the registrant's  auditors
     and  the  audit committee of the registrant's board of  directors
     (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

     a) All  significant  deficiencies  and material weaknesses in the
        design   or   operation  of internal  control  over  financial
        reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect  the
        registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and  report
        financial information; and

     b) Any  fraud,  whether or not material, that involves management
        or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in  the
        registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



Date:  August 9, 2011           /s/ Steven J. Bresky
                               Steven J. Bresky, Chairman of the Board,
                               President and Chief Executive Officer