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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 Annual Report of Seneca Foods Corporation
(the"Registrant") on Form 10-K for the period ended March 31, 2005 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
                                                       June 14, 2005


                                                       /s/ Philip G. Paras
                                                       -----------------------
                                                       Philip G. Paras
                                                       Chief Financial Officer
                                                       June 14, 2005


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