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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000088948-03-000022
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030822
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030822

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SENECA FOODS CORP /NY/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000088948
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CANNED, FRUITS, VEG & PRESERVES, JAMS & JELLIES [2033]
		IRS NUMBER:				160733425
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-01989
		FILM NUMBER:		03862729

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3736 SOUTH MAIN STREET
		CITY:			MARION
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14534
		BUSINESS PHONE:		315 926 8100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3736 SOUTH MAIN STREET
		CITY:			MARION
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14505

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PIERCE S S COMPANY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19861210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SENECA FOODS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19780425

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SENECA GRAPE JUICE CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710419
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Current Report
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



        Date of Report (date of earliest event reported) August 22, 2003

                            SENECA FOODS CORPORATION
                            ------------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         New York                     0-1989                   16-0733425
         --------                     ------                   ----------
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                                          Identification No.)


                3736 South Main Street, Marion, New York, 14505
                ------------------------------------------------
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices including zip code)

                                  315/926-8100
                                  ------------
               (Registrant's telephone number including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
                                 --------------
               Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                          if changed since last report


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ITEM 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Seneca Foods Corporation Press Release issued on August 22, 2003.


ITEM 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

     The purpose of this report on Form 8-K is to disclose that Seneca Foods
Corporation issued a press release on August 22, 2003, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:    August 22, 2003

                                           SENECA FOODS CORPORATION



                                       By: /s/ Philip G. Paras
                                           -----------------------
                                               Philip G. Paras
                                               Chief Financial Officer
711291



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August 22, 2003                                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                      Contact: Philip Paras, CFO
                                                               (315-926-8100)



PRESS RELEASE


     Seneca Foods  Corporation  (SENEA/Nasdaq  NM) announced  today that it will
restate its basic earnings per common share previously reported in its Form 10-K
for the  fiscal  year ended  March 31,  2003 and in its Form 10-Q for the period
ended June 28, 2003 in order to include the Company's participating  convertible
preferred  stock  in the  calculation  of  weighted  average  number  of  shares
outstanding  for basic earnings per share purposes which will reduce  previously
reported  basic earnings per share.  Previously  reported  diluted  earnings per
share are not affected and will remain unchanged.  In addition, the Company will
make certain  revisions to amounts  reported in its  statement of cash flows for
the period ended June 28, 2003 as previously  reported in its Form 10-Q for that
period. Such revisions will not affect the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
or Condensed  Consolidated  Statements of Income included in such Form 10-Q. The
Company  filed its Form 10-Q for the  period  ended  June 28,  2003  before  the
Company's independent  accountants had completed their review of that Form 10-Q.
The Company  will reflect  these  changes in an amended Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended  March 31,  2003 and each of the fiscal  years  included in that Form
10-K, and in an amended Form 10-Q for the period ended June 28, 2003 and each of
the fiscal periods included in that Form 10-Q.

     Seneca Foods Corporation is primarily a vegetable  processing  company with
manufacturing  facilities located throughout the United States. Its products are
sold under the Libby's(R), Aunt Nellie's Farm Kitchen(R), Stokely's(R), READ(R),
and  Seneca(R)  labels as well as  through  the  private  label  and  industrial
markets. In addition,  under an alliance with General Mills Operations,  Inc., a
successor to the  Pillsbury  Company and a subsidiary  of General  Mills,  Inc.,
Seneca  produces canned and frozen  vegetables,  which are sold by General Mills
Operations, Inc. under the Green Giant(R) label. Seneca's common stock is traded
on the Nasdaq National Stock Market under the symbols "SENEA" and "SENEB".

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