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                                                                   Exhibit 99.1

                               PRESS RELEASE
                            REPORT OF EARNINGS

                                                               November 2, 2012
                                                        Shawnee Mission, Kansas

The  following is a  report  of earnings for  Seaboard  Corporation  (NYSE  MKT
symbol: SEB)  with  offices  at 9000  West 67th Street, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
66202,  (the "Company"), for  the  three  and  nine months ended September  29,
2012  and  October 1, 2011, in  thousands  of  dollars  except  share  and  per
share amounts.

                                 Three Months Ended       Nine Months Ended
                              September 29, October 1, September 29, October 1,
                                  2012        2011         2012       2011

Net sales                       $1,479,416  $1,476,718  $4,461,122  $4,343,484

Net earnings attributable to
 Seaboard                       $   74,422  $   36,560  $  206,728  $  266,910

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Net earnings per common share   $    61.92  $    30.07  $   171.52  $   219.52

Average number of shares
 outstanding                     1,201,974   1,215,863   1,205,239   1,215,874


Notes to Report of Earnings:

Included  in  net  earnings  attributable  to  Seaboard for the three and  nine
months  ended  October 1, 2011 is  a  gain on  the  sale  of  power  generating
facilities  in   the   amount  of  $1,500,000  and  $52,923,000  or  $1.23  and
$43.53  per  share,  respectively.  There  was  no  income tax expense on  this
transaction.

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.