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                                  Exhibit 99.1

June 3, 2004                                          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                      Contact: Philip Paras, CFO
                                                               (315-926-8100)


PRESS RELEASE

Seneca Foods Corporation  reported net sales for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2004,  totaling  $887,756,000 versus $644,379,000 for the comparable period last
year.  The current  year's net earnings  were  $12,941,000  or $1.17 per diluted
share, compared with $9,050,000 or $.88 per diluted share, last year. Prior year
year-to-date  pre-tax results  include other expense of $4,719,000  related to a
non-cash  impairment  charge  attributable  to certain fixed assets removed from
service.  The current year-to-date results include ten months of operations from
the acquired Chiquita Processed Foods L.L.C. facilities.

For the quarter  ended March 31, 2004,  net sales  totaled  $162,963,000  versus
$101,888,000  for the  comparable  period last year.  The current  quarter's net
earnings were $3,472,000 or $.31 per diluted share as compared with  $1,881,000,
or $.18 per diluted share last year.

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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                                                           Seneca Foods Corporation
                                                    Consolidated Statements of Net Earnings

                                               For the Periods Ended March 31, 2004 and 2003
                                                 (In thousands of dollars, except share data)

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                                                                                     Quarter                      Year-to-Date
                                                                              ---------------------          ---------------------
                                                                              2004             2003          2004             2003
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Net sales                                                                  $ 162,963        $ 101,888      $ 887,756      $ 644,379
                                                                           =========        =========      =========      =========

Other expense (note 3)                                                     $     207        $  (4,098)     $      207     $  (4,719)
                                                                           =========        =========      ==========     =========

Earnings before income taxes                                               $   5,025        $   2,931      $   20,548     $  14,559

Income taxes                                                                   1,553            1,050           7,607         5,509
                                                                           ---------        ---------      ----------     ---------

Net earnings                                                               $   3,472        $   1,881      $   12,941     $   9,050
                                                                           =========        =========      ==========     =========

Basic earnings per share                                                   $    0.31        $    0.18      $    1.18      $    0.89
                                                                           =========        =========      ==========     =========

Diluted earnings per share                                                 $    0.31        $    0.18      $    1.17      $    0.88
                                                                           =========        =========      ==========     =========

Weighted average shares outstanding basic                                 11,125,723       10,158,045      10,964,433    10,158,045
                                                                          ==========       ==========      ==========    ==========

Weighted average shares outstanding diluted                               11,193,113       10,225,438      11,031,823    10,225,435
                                                                          ==========       ==========      ==========    ==========
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Note 1: The basic earnings per share includes the effect of participating preferred convertible shares.
        The diluted earnings per share includes the effect of other convertible shares.
Note 2: Results include the Chiquita Processed Foods, L.L.C. operations from the date
        of acquisition, May 27, 2003 (ten months).
Note 3: Other income in the quarter and year-to-date is a gain on the sale of certain fixed assets.
        Other expense in the prior period is an impairment loss.
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