Our History

Seaboard Corporation is a unique company with a rich history dating back more than 100 years. Although the company has evolved over time through acquisitions, partnerships and internal growth, its roots are in grain and agriculturally derived products. Common to all our endeavors, we strive to distinguish ourselves in the industries we select.

Seaboard Timeline

1918
1918

Acquired first flour mill in Atchison, Kansas.

Seaboard Flour Co.

1919
1919

Acquired the Imperial Brewery Company in Kansas City and converted to a flour mill.

IMPERIAL BREWERY COMPANY

1928
1928

Acquired Rodney Milling Company and related milling assets.

RODNEY MILLING CORPORATION

1938
1938

Purchased Ismert-Hincke Milling Company.

RODNEY MILLING CORPORATION

1950
1950

Acquired the Consolidated Flour Mills Company and related assets.

RODNEY MILLING CORPORATION

1959
1959

Became a public company through a merger with Hathaway Industries, Inc., a publicly traded company, and changed name to Seaboard Allied Milling Corporation. The company was listed under the symbol “SEB.”

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1962
1962

Constructed a flour mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1962

Began innovative strategy of locating flour mills near major population centers in the Southeast and East Coast.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1965
1965

Purchased George Urban Milling Company in Buffalo, New York.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1966
1966

Acquired a flour mill in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in a joint venture with Continental Grain Company, marking first overseas operation.

Acquired a flour mill in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in a joint venture with Continental Grain Company, marking first overseas operation.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1966

Constructed a flour mill in Jacksonville, Florida.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1969
1969

Constructed a flour mill in Georgetown, Guyana. 

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1970
1970

Constructed a flour mill in Culpepper, Virginia.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1973
1973

Founder Otto Bresky retired as Chairman and member of the Board of Directors; succeeded by his son, H. Harry Bresky.

Founder Otto Bresky retired as Chairman and member of the Board of Directors; succeeded by his son, H. Harry Bresky.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1973

Acquired a flour mill in Cleveland, Tennessee.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1973

Constructed a new flour mill in Buchanan, Liberia.

Constructed a new flour mill in Buchanan, Liberia.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1973

Constructed a new flour mill in Sapele, Nigeria.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1974
1974

Constructed a flour mill in Port Allen, Louisiana.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1976
1976

Constructed a flour mill in Albany, New York, the fifth domestic flour mill built by Seaboard in 14 years.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1978
1978

Acquired Mochasa, Ecuador’s leading manufacturer of animal feed.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1978

Expanded capacity of the Liberian flour mill by 50 percent.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1978

Expanded capacity of the Nigerian flour mill by 100 percent.

Expanded capacity of the Nigerian flour mill by 100 percent.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1978

Commenced operations at Top Feeds, Ltd., a feed plant in Sapele, Nigeria. 

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1980
1980

Designed and built a new corporate headquarters in Merriam, Kansas.

Designed and built a new corporate headquarters in Merriam, Kansas.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1982
1982

Sold all domestic flour mills to Cargill, Inc.

SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATION

1982

Name changed to Seaboard Corporation.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1983
1983

Acquired Holsum Bakers of Puerto Rico and Seaboard Bakeries, also of Puerto Rico.

Acquired Holsum Bakers of Puerto Rico and Seaboard Bakeries, also of Puerto Rico.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

1983

Formed Seaboard Marine, Ltd to provide scheduled containerized shipping services between the U.S. and various international ports.

Formed Seaboard Marine, Ltd to provide scheduled containerized shipping services between the U.S. and various international ports.

SEABOARD MARINE

1984
1984

Acquired Central Soya’s Poultry Division, consisting of broiler complexes in Athens and Canton, Ga. and Chattanooga, Tenn. with integrated operations in the Southeastern U.S.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1985
1985

Purchased the Elberton Poultry Company, a processing operation in Elberton, GA, to provide further processing capabilities for the Poultry Division.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1985

Constructed a new polypropylene bag plant, in Sapele, Nigeria, Delta Packaging Company, Ltd. Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group

Constructed a new polypropylene bag plant, in Sapele, Nigeria, Delta Packaging Company, Ltd. Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

1986
1986

Commenced shrimp farming operations in Ecuador with Continental Grain.

Commenced shrimp farming operations in Ecuador with Continental Grain.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1986

Established Mount Dora Farms, Inc., a producer of fruits and vegetables in Latin America, to take advantage of Seaboard Marine transportation services to and from Miami to the Americas.

MOUNT DORA FARMS

1987
1987

Constructed shrimp farming operations in Honduras.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1988
1988

Constructed a feed mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee to support poultry operations.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1988

Designed and constructed a poultry tray pack facility in Athens, Georgia poultry complex for Seaboard Farms. 

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1988

Purchased several Central American farming operations and a Miami-based produce distribution company through Mount Dora Farms, Inc.

MOUNT DORA FARMS

1989
1989

Formed Transcontinental Capital Corporation (Bermuda) Ltd. and installed a floating power barge in the Dominican Republic to supply electricity within the country.

TRANSCONTINENTAL CAPITAL CORP.

1990
1990

Constructed a state-of-the-art poultry complex in Mayfield, Kentucky on a greenfield site.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1990

Acquired a pork processing plant in Albert Lea, Minnesota. 

SEABOARD FOODS

1991
1991

Constructed first feeder pig facility and feed mill in Northeast Colorado.

SEABOARD FOODS

1991

First full year of operations for Seaboard’s joint venture to raise Atlantic Salmon off the coast of Maine.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1992
1992

Began construction of a greenfield pork processing facility in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

SEABOARD FOODS

1992

Acquired flour mills in Guanica, Puerto Rico and in Matadi, Zaire from Continental Grain.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

1994
1994

Constructed a feed mill in Optima, Oklahoma to support hog production activities.

SEABOARD FOODS

1994

Formalized plans to grow two million hogs in Southwestern U.S.

SEABOARD FOODS

1995
1995

Constructed additional feed mill in Hugoton, Kansas to support the integrated hog operations.

SEABOARD FOODS

1995

Purchased a poultry further processing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1996
1996

Commenced operations at the hog processing facility in Guymon, Oklahoma.

Commenced operations at the hog processing facility in Guymon, Oklahoma.

SEABOARD FOODS

1996

Acquired an interest in Tabacal Agroindustria, an Argentine company engaged in sugar cane production and refining and citrus production.

TABACAL

1996

Acquired an interest in a flour mill, pasta plant and cookie operations in Beira, Mozambique.

Acquired an interest in a flour mill, pasta plant and cookie operations in Beira, Mozambique.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

1997
1997

Began second shift at the Guymon, Oklahoma pork processing plant.

SEABOARD FOODS

1998
1998

Acquired an interest in a flour mill in Haiti.

Acquired an interest in a flour mill in Haiti.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

1998

Acquired an interest in a maize, feed and flour mill in Lesotho.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

1998

Purchased a controlling interest in a winery in Bulgaria.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

1998

Purchased a flour and maize milling business in Zambia.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

1998

Sold the Holsum Bakers and Seaboard Bakeries business and Harinas Flour Mill, both located in Puerto Rico.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

1999
1999

Designed and built a flour mill in Luanda, Angola. 

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2000
2000

Acquired a cargo terminal business at the Port of Houston.

SEABOARD MARINE

2001
2001

Completed construction of additional feed mill in Okeene, Oklahoma.

SEABOARD FOODS

2001

Sold the Poultry Division to ConAgra.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

2001

Completed construction of a pork division feed mill in Leoti, Kansas.

SEABOARD FOODS

2001

Commenced operations of a 71.2 megawatt barge-mounted power plant located in the Dominican Republic.

TRANSCONTINENTAL CAPITAL CORP.

2001

Acquired an interest in a flour, maize and feed mill operation in Kenya.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2001

Acquired the assets of a flour and feed milling operation in the Republic of Congo.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2001

Contributed cash and the controlling interest in a Bulgarian wine company in exchange for a non-controlling interest in a larger, Bulgarian wine operation.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

2001

Exchanged ownership interest in a joint venture in Maine engaged in the production and processing of salmon and other seafood products for shares of common stock of Fjord Seafood ASA.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

2002
2002

Acquired an additional equity interest in Fjord Seafood, becoming the largest shareholder in Fjord.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

2003
2003

Sold equity investment in Fjord Seafood ASA.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

2003

Sold shrimp farming and processing assets in Honduras.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

2004
2004

Acquired a controlling interest in a grain milling operation in Mozambique.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2005
2005

Purchased Daily’s, a bacon processor located in the western United States, with plants in Salt Lake City, Utah and Missoula, Montana. 

SEABOARD FOODS

2007
2007

Acquired an equity interest in a flour mill in Cartagena, Colombia.

Acquired an equity interest in a flour mill in Cartagena, Colombia.

2007

Acquired an equity interest in a grain trading business in Peru.

2007

Commenced rice trading business under the name SeaRice, Ltd.

2011
2011

Seaboard Corporation achieves entry into Fortune 500.

SEABOARD CORPORATION

2011

Ghana added as a flour and milling location.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2011

Opened a trade office in Kenya and Canada.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2011

Reopened operations in Madagascar and Haiti.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2011

New 40 MW co-generation plant comes online.

TABACAL

2011

Rod Brenneman named President

BUTTERBALL

2011

Net sales exceed $1.5 billion.

SEABOARD FOODS

2012
2012

Purchased the Seaboard Atlantic, a container ship used by Seaboard Marine.

SEABOARD MARINE

2012

Terry Holton named President.

SEABOARD FOODS

2012

Acquired majority ownership in PSI, a speciality grain trading business headquartered in NC.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2012

New 106 MW floating power generator arrives in Santo Domingo.

TRANSCONTINENTAL CAPITAL CORP.

2013
2013

Seaboard acquired a 50% non-controlling interest in a flour milling business located in Gambia.

Seaboard acquired a 50% non-controlling interest in a flour milling business located in Gambia.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2013

Seaboard acquired a 49% non-controlling interest in a flour milling business located in South Africa.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2013

Seaboard acquired a 50% non-controlling interest in a flour production business in Brazil. 

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP

2014
2014

Seaboard Foods Division sold to Triumph Foods a 50% interest in its processed meats division, Daily’s.

SEABOARD FOODS

2014

Seaboard acquired a 21% non-controlling interest in a cargo terminal business in Jamaica.

SEABOARD MARINE

2014

Kerry Doughty named President.

BUTTERBALL

2014

Seaboard acquired in late 2014 30% of RussellStone Protein, a soy crush operation based outside of Pretoria, South Africa.

Seaboard acquired in late 2014 30% of RussellStone Protein, a soy crush operation based outside of Pretoria, South Africa.

SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUP (SOTG)

2015
2015

Daily’s announced plans to construct a new pork processing plant in St. Joseph, Missouri, with operations starting in 2016.

SEABOARD FOODS

2015

Butterball purchased House of Raeford Farms,  a new processing facility located in Raeford, North Carolina.

BUTTERBALL

2016
2016

Jamaica Grain and Cereals Limited joined SOTG; JGCL is a member of the Seprod group.

2017
2017

Seaboard Triumph Foods, a joint venture between Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods, opens new fresh pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.

SEABOARD FOODS

2018
2018

Seaboard acquired substantially all of Groupe Mimran which operates flour and feed milling businesses in Ivory Coast and Senegal and a cereal trading business in Monaco.

Seaboard Overseas Trading Group (SOTG)

2018

Duke Sand named CEO of Seaboard Foods

SEABOARD FOODS

2018

Acquired an interest in Les Grands Moulins de Mauritanie (GMM), a milling and pasta business in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group (SOTG)

2019
2019

Purchased an idle ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, to convert the plant to a renewable diesel production facility.

SEABOARD FOODS

2019

Acquired 100% of ContiLatin del Peru S.A,  an importer and trader of grains, in Peru. Seaboard Corporation acquired remaining shares of ContiLatin del Peru S.A. (CLDP). CLDP changed its company name to Seaboard Overseas Peru

Acquired 100% of ContiLatin del Peru S.A,  an importer and trader of grains, in Peru. Seaboard Corporation acquired remaining shares of ContiLatin del Peru S.A. (CLDP). CLDP changed its company name to Seaboard Overseas Peru

SEABOARD OVERSEAS AND TRADING GROUP (SOTG)

2020
2020

Steven J. Bresky, President and CEO passes away. Robert L. Steer, former CFO appointed as successor. Ellen S. Bresky appointed as Chairwomen of the Board of Directors.

2020

Peter Brown, former Chief Operating Officer for Butterball, LLC is named President and Chief Executive Officer for Seaboard Foods to succeed Duke Sand upon retirement.

2021
2021

New 146 MW Floating Power Generator arrives in Santo Domingo.

Seaboard Power

2021

Frances (Fran) B. Shifman appointed to the Board of Directors.

2021

Advances to #406 on the Fortune 500 list.

2023
2023

Advances to #364 on the Fortune 500 list.

An integrated food company producing premium pork products for both domestic and international markets.

A premier ocean transportation company providing direct, regular service.

A trading and milling division that consists of vertically integrated commodity trading, processing and logistics companies.

Generates facilities in the Dominican Republic and consists of a system of diesel engines mounted on a floating barge.

One of the largest producers of turkey products in the U.S.

Mount Dora Farms processes jalapeno peppers at its plant located in Comayagua, Honduras.

Supplies alcohol, sugars & biofuels to industries in the Argentina market.