Acquired first flour mill in Atchison, Kansas.
1919:Acquired the Imperial Brewery Company in Kansas City and converted to a flour mill.
1928: RODNEY MILLING CORPORATIONAcquired Rodney Milling Company and related milling assets.
1938: RODNEY MILLING CORPORATIONPurchased Ismert-Hincke Milling Company.
1950: RODNEY MILLING CORPORATIONAcquired the Consolidated Flour Mills Company and related assets.
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."
1962: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONConstructed a flour mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1962: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONBegan innovative strategy of locating flour mills near major population centers in the Southeast and East Coast.
1965: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONPurchased George Urban Milling Company in Buffalo, New York.
Acquired a flour mill in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in a joint venture with Continental Grain Company, marking first overseas operation.
1966: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONConstructed a flour mill in Jacksonville, Florida.
1969: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONConstructed a flour mill in Georgetown, Guyana.
Constructed a flour mill in Culpepper, Virginia.
1973: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONFounder Otto Bresky retired as Chairman and member of the Board of Directors; succeeded by his son, H. Harry Bresky.
1973: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONAcquired a flour mill in Cleveland, Tennessee.
1973: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONConstructed a new flour mill in Buchanan, Liberia.
Constructed a new flour mill in Sapele, Nigeria.
1974: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONConstructed a flour mill in Port Allen, Louisiana.
1976: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONConstructed a flour mill in Albany, New York, the fifth domestic flour mill built by Seaboard in 14 years.
1978: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONAcquired Mochasa, Ecuador’s leading manufacturer of animal feed.
Expanded capacity of the Liberian flour mill by 50 percent.
1978: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONExpanded capacity of the Nigerian flour mill by 100 percent.
1978: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONCommenced operations at Top Feeds, Ltd., a feed plant in Sapele, Nigeria.
Designed and built a new corporate headquarters in Merriam, Kansas.
1982: SEABOARD ALLIED MILLING CORPORATIONSold all domestic flour mills to Cargill, Inc.
1982: SEABOARD CORPORATIONName changed to Seaboard Corporation.
1983: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired Holsum Bakers of Puerto Rico and Seaboard Bakeries, also of Puerto Rico.
1983: SEABOARD MARINEFormed Seaboard Marine, Ltd to provide scheduled containerized shipping services between the U.S. and various international ports.
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.
1985: SEABOARD CORPORATIONPurchased the Elberton Poultry Company, a processing operation in Elberton, GA, to provide further processing capabilities for the Poultry Division.
1985: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPConstructed a new polypropylene bag plant, in Sapele, Nigeria, Delta Packaging Company, Ltd.
1986: SEABOARD CORPORATIONCommenced shrimp farming operations in Ecuador with Continental Grain.
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.
1987: SEABOARD CORPORATIONConstructed shrimp farming operations in Honduras.
1988: SEABOARD CORPORATIONConstructed a feed mill in Chattanooga, Tennessee to support poultry operations.
1988: SEABOARD CORPORATIONDesigned and constructed a poultry tray pack facility in Athens, Georgia poultry complex for Seaboard Farms.
Purchased several Central American farming operations and a Miami-based produce distribution company through Mount Dora Farms, Inc.
1989: TRANSCONTINENTAL CAPITAL CORP.Formed Transcontinental Capital Corporation (Bermuda) Ltd. and installed a floating power barge in the Dominican Republic to supply electricity within the country.
1990: SEABOARD CORPORATIONConstructed a state-of-the-art poultry complex in Mayfield, Kentucky on a greenfield site.
1990: SEABOARD FOODSAcquired a pork processing plant in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Constructed first feeder pig facility and feed mill in Northeast Colorado.
1991: SEABOARD CORPORATIONFirst full year of operations for Seaboard’s joint venture to raise Atlantic Salmon off the coast of Maine.
1992: SEABOARD FOODSBegan construction of a greenfield pork processing facility in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
1992: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired flour mills in Guanica, Puerto Rico and in Matadi, Zaire from Continental Grain.
Constructed a feed mill in Optima, Oklahoma to support hog production activities.
1994: SEABOARD FOODSFormalized plans to grow two million hogs in Southwestern U.S.
1995: SEABOARD FOODSConstructed additional feed mill in Hugoton, Kansas to support the integrated hog operations.
1995: SEABOARD CORPORATIONPurchased a poultry further processing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Commenced operations at the hog processing facility in Guymon, Oklahoma.
1996: TABACALAcquired an interest in Tabacal Agroindustria, an Argentine company engaged in sugar cane production and refining and citrus production.
1996: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired an interest in a flour mill, pasta plant and cookie operations in Beira, Mozambique.
Began second shift at the Guymon, Oklahoma pork processing plant.
1998: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired an interest in a flour mill in Haiti.
1998: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired an interest in a maize, feed and flour mill in Lesotho.
1998: SEABOARD CORPORATIONPurchased a controlling interest in a winery in Bulgaria.
Purchased a flour and maize milling business in Zambia.
1998: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPSold the Holsum Bakers and Seaboard Bakeries business and Harinas Flour Mill, both located in Puerto Rico.
1999: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPDesigned and built a flour mill in Luanda, Angola.
Acquired a cargo terminal business at the Port of Houston.
2001: SEABOARD FOODSCompleted construction of additional feed mill in Okeene, Oklahoma.
2001: SEABOARD CORPORATIONSold the Poultry Division to ConAgra.
2001: SEABOARD FOODSCompleted construction of a pork division feed mill in Leoti, Kansas.
2001: TRANSCONTINENTAL CAPITAL CORP.Commenced operations of a 71.2 megawatt barge-mounted power plant located in the Dominican Republic.
Acquired an interest in a flour, maize and feed mill operation in Kenya.
2001: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired the assets of a flour and feed milling operation in the Republic of Congo.
2001: SEABOARD CORPORATIONContributed cash and the controlling interest in a Bulgarian wine company in exchange for a non-controlling interest in a larger, Bulgarian wine operation.
2001: SEABOARD CORPORATIONExchanged 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.
Acquired an additional equity interest in Fjord Seafood, becoming the largest shareholder in Fjord.
2003: SEABOARD CORPORATIONSold equity investment in Fjord Seafood ASA.
2003: SEABOARD CORPORATIONSold shrimp farming and processing assets in Honduras.
2004: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired a controlling interest in a grain milling operation in Mozambique.
2005: SEABOARD FOODSPurchased Daily’s, a bacon processor located in the western United States, with plants in Salt Lake City, Utah and Missoula, Montana.
H. Harry Bresky retired as President and CEO; succeeded by his son, Steven J. Bresky.
2006: SEABOARD FOODSTriumph Foods commenced operations at its St. Joseph, Missouri pork processing plant in the first quarter of 2006 and Seaboard Foods began marketing Triumph’s pork products.
2006: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPDavid Dannov named President.
2007: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired a non-controlling equity interest in a flour mill business in Colombia.
Acquired a non-controlling equity interest in a grain trading business in Peru.
2007: SEABOARD FOODSAcquisition of Daily’s finalized.
2007: SEABOARD FOODSBegan marketing products from Triumph Foods plant.
2008: SEABOARD FOODSCompleted construction of the 30 million gallon biodiesel facility.
2008: SEABOARD FOODSPublished the first “Sustainability and Stewardship” report.
Extended lease for Port of Maimi until 2028.
2008: SEABOARD MARINEBegan vessel calls to and from Brooklyn, NY and expanded terminal facilities in Colombia and Dominican Republic.
2008: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPRice business formed with trading company in Geneva, Switzerland.
Foods represent the 4th largest pork processor and 2nd largest hog producer in the US.
2009: SEABOARD FOODSCompleted construction and begun operations at a ham-boning and processing plant in Mexico.
2009: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPOpened commodity and freight trading offices in Europe, Latin America and the US.
2009: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired rice milling assets in Guyana.
2009: TRANSCONTINENTAL CAPITAL CORP.Sold floating power barges with delivery scheduled in 2011.
Acquired a 50% ownership stake in Butterball, LLC, the industry leader in providing safe, nutritious, high quality turkey products.
2010: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired a 50% ownership stake in PS International, LLC, an international commodity trading business located in North Carolina.
2010: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired a controlling interest of Fillmore Seeds, a specialty crops processor, and acquired a non-controlling equity stake in its rail service provider. Both companies are located in Canada.
2010: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired a noncontrolling equity stake in a feed milling company in Colombia.
Acquired a noncontrolling equity stake in a wheat pool manager and merchandiser in Australia.
2010: SEABOARD FOODSCommenced production at a 30-million gallon/year biodiesel facility adjacent to the Guymon, Oklahoma pork processing plant.
2010: SEABOARD TABACALCompleted expansion of alcohol distillery operations at Tabacal.
2010: SEABOARD CORPORATIONExceeds $4 billion in revenue.
2010: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAdded new trade offices in the US, Canada and Australia.
2010: TABACALSales began under Argentine bio-ethanol program.
Seaboard Corporation achieves entry into Fortune 500.
2011: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPGhana added as a flour and milling location.
2011: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPOpened a trade office in Kenya and Canada.
2011: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPReopened operations in Madagascar and Haiti.
2011: TABACALNew 40 MW co-generation plant comes online.
Rod Brenneman named President
2011: SEABOARD FOODSNet sales exceed $1.5 billion.
2012: SEABOARD MARINEPurchased the Seaboard Atlantic, a container ship used by Seaboard Marine.
2012: SEABOARD FOODSTerry Holton named President.
2012: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPAcquired majority ownership in PSI, a speciality grain trading business headquartered in NC.
New 106 MW floating power generator arrives in Santo Domingo.
2013: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPSeaboard acquired a 50% non-controlling interest in a flour milling business located in Gambia.
2013: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPSeaboard acquired a 49% non-controlling interest in a flour milling business located in South Africa.
2013: SEABOARD OVERSEAS TRADING GROUPSeaboard acquired a 50% non-controlling interest in a flour production business in Brazil.
Seaboard’s Food's Division sold to Triumph Foods a 50% interest in its processed meats division, Daily’s.
2014: SEABOARD MARINESeaboard acquired a 21% non-controlling interest in a cargo terminal business in Jamaica.
2014: BUTTERBALLKerry Doughty named President.
2014: TRANSCONTINENTAL CAPITAL CORP.Seaboard ceased operations of the leased facility and finalized transfer to owner.
Seaboard acquired in late 2014 30% of RussellStone Protein, a soy crush operation based outside of Pretoria, South Africa.
2015: SEABOARD FOODSDaily’s announced plans to construct a new pork processing plant in St. Joseph, Missouri, with operations starting in 2016.
Butterball purchased House of Raeford Farms, a new processing facility located in Raeford, North Carolina.
2017: SEABOARD FOODSSeaboard Triumph Foods, a joint venture between Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods, opens new fresh pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
2018: Seaboard Overseas Trading Group (SOTG)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 Corporation is a unique company with a rich history dating back more than 90 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 purchased its first flour mill in Atchison, Kansas.