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Short-Term Borrowings (narrative) (detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding	$ 233,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	1.92%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
Pledged Assets, Not Separately Reported, Other	542,400,000us-gaap_PledgedAssetsNotSeparatelyReportedOtherFinancialInstruments
Notes Payable	9,903,000us-gaap_NotesPayableToBankCurrent	12,255,000us-gaap_NotesPayableToBankCurrent
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	1.67%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate	1.65%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
Production Period [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	400,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / senea_RevolverBorrowingPeriodsAxis = senea_ProductionPeriodMember
Nonproduction Period [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	300,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / senea_RevolverBorrowingPeriodsAxis = senea_NonproductionPeriodMember
Letter of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 11,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / senea_RevolverBorrowingPeriodsAxis = us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember	$ 10,600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity / senea_RevolverBorrowingPeriodsAxis = us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 210

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Current portion of the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date due within one year or the operating cycle, if longer, on all notes payable to banks paid on an installment with long term maturities. This can include the amount of any loans from the applicant firm. This does not, however, include any mortgage balances.

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The carrying amount, as of the date of the latest financial statement presented, of other assets which are owned but transferred to serve as collateral for the payment of the related debt obligation, primarily a secured borrowing or repurchase agreement, and for which the transferee is not permitted to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

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Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt outstanding.

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