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                                   EXHIBIT 32


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18. U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report of  Seneca  Foods  Corporation  (the
"Registrant")  on Form  10-Q/A for the period  ended June 28, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  we,
Kraig H. Kayser,  Chief Executive  Officer and Philip G. Paras,  Chief Financial
Officer of the  Registrant,  certify,  pursuant  to 18 U.S.C.  1350,  as adopted
pursuant to 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to our knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material
    respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
    Registrant.

                                                         /s/Kraig H. Kayser
                                                         -------------------
                                                         Kraig H. Kayser
                                                         Chief Executive Officer
                                                         September 5, 2003


                                                         /s/ Philip G. Paras
                                                         ---------------------
                                                         Philip G. Paras
                                                         Chief Financial Officer
                                                         September 5, 2003


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