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                                  Exhibit 23.1


          CONSENT AND REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM





Board of Directors
Seneca Foods Corporation

We consent to the  incorporation  by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Seneca Foods  Corporation of our report dated June 10, 2005,  with respect to
the consolidated  financial statements of Seneca Foods Corporation,  included in
the 2005 Annual Report to Shareholders of Seneca Foods Corporation.

Our audits also included the financial  statement schedules for the fiscal years
ended  March  31,  2005 and 2004 of  Seneca  Foods  Corporation  listed  in Item
15(A)(2).  These schedules are the responsibility of Seneca Foods  Corporation's
management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In
our opinion,  as to which the date is June 10,  2005,  the  financial  statement
schedules  referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements  taken  as a whole,  present  fairly  in all  material  respects  the
information set forth therein.

We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  following  Registration
Statements:

(1) Registration Statement (Form S-3/A No. 333-120982) of Seneca Foods
    Corporation,
(2) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 of Registration Statement (Form
    S-8 No. 333-12365) pertaining to the Seneca Foods Corporation Employees'
    Savings Plan, and
(3) Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-114097) pertaining to the Seneca
    Foods, L.L.C. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan;

of our report dated June 10, 2005,  with respect to the  consolidated  financial
statements of Seneca Foods  Corporation  incorporated  herein by reference,  our
report  dated  June  10,  2005,   with  respect  to  Seneca  Foods   Corporation
management's  assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial  reporting of
Seneca  Foods  Corporation,  included  herein,  and our report  included  in the
preceding  paragraph with respect to the financial statement schedules of Seneca
Foods  Corporation  included in this Annual  Report  (Form 10-K) of Seneca Foods
Corporation.

                                          /s/Ernst & Young LLP


Buffalo, New York
June 14, 2005

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