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) August 17, 2010


                         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)                        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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On  August  17,  2010,  Seaboard Corporation entered into  an  Engineering,
Procurement  and Construction Contract (the "EPC Contract")  with  Wartsila
Finland OY, a company incorporated under the laws of Finland, ("Wartsila").
Pursuant  to the EPC Contract, Wartsila will design, engineer and construct
a  gas  diesel engine combined cycle barge-mounted generating power  plant,
with  a total net capacity of 106 megawatts (108 megawatts when running  on
heavy  fuel oil) for the delivery and sale of electricity in the  Dominican
Republic.   The  contract  amount payable by Seaboard  is  EUR   83,573,371
(approximately   US$107,650,000),  with  EUR    15,990,299   (approximately
US$20,600,000) initially paid, and the balance payable over  the  estimated
16  month construction period.  The foregoing statement is not intended  to
be a complete description of all terms and conditions of the EPC Contract.

                                 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:  August 23, 2010

                           Seaboard Corporation

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