Exhibit 31.1

                            CERTIFICATIONS

I, Steven J. Bresky, certify that:

  1.  I  have  reviewed this annual report on Form  10-K  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 controls 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 controls over financial reporting.


Date: March 2, 2009
                        /s/ Steven J. Bresky
                        Steven J. Bresky, President and Chief Executive Officer

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