Seaboard Corporation operates as a diverse agribusiness and transportation company worldwide. The company's Pork division produces and sells fresh pork products, such as loins, tenderloins, and ribs, as well as frozen pork products to further processors, foodservice operators, grocery stores, distributors, and retail outlets. This division also produces and sells biodiesel. Its Commodity Trading and Milling division sources, transports, and markets wheat, corn, soybeans, soybean meal, and other commodities. The company's Marine division provides cargo shipping services in the United States, as well as in 28 countries in the Caribbean, and Central and South America. It operates a terminal and off-dock warehouses for cargo consolidation and temporary storage; and a cargo terminal facility that includes an on-dock warehouse space for temporary storage of bagged grains, resins, and other cargoes. This division operates through a fleet of 19 chartered and 3 owned vessels; dry, refrigerated, and specialized containers; and other related equipment. The company's Sugar and Alcohol division produces and sells sugar and alcohol; and generates and sells energy through its 51-megawatt cogeneration power plant that is fueled by sugarcane by-products, natural gas, and other biomass. The company's Power division operates as an independent power producer that generates electricity for the power grid in the Dominican Republic. Its Turkey division produces, processes, and markets branded and non-branded turkey products to retail stores, foodservice outlets, and industrial entities, as well as exports products to Mexico and internationally. The company's Other Businesses division processes and sells jalapeño peppers. Seaboard Corporation was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Merriam, Kansas.
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