Exhibit 23 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT The Board of Directors Seafield Capital Corporation We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Nos.33-20298 and 33-28150) on Form S-8 of Seafield Capital Corporation of our report dated February 1, 1996 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Seafield Capital Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows and related schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in the December 31, 1995 annual report on Form 10-K of Seafield Capital Corporation. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP Kansas City, Missouri March 25, 1996