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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150529

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Seneca Foods Corp
		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:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-01989
		FILM NUMBER:		15897866

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3736 SOUTH MAIN STREET
		CITY:			MARION
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14505
		BUSINESS PHONE:		315 926 8100

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SENECA FOODS CORP /NY/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	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
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">FORM SD</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Seneca Foods Corporation</u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><br>
</font> (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; New York&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>0-01989&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>16-0733425</u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><br>
</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(State of Incorporation)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(Commission File Number)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(IRS FEIN)</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Section 1 &#8211; Conflict Mineral Disclosure</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Introduction</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">This specialized disclosure report on Form SD of Seneca Foods Corporation ("Seneca") is for calendar year 2014 and has been prepared in accordance with Rule 13p-1 ("Rule 13p-1") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act").&#160; Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD and the 1934 Act Release No. 34-67716 for definitions to the terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Seneca is a provider of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States.&#160; Seneca uses metal containers to package certain fruit, vegetable, and other food products that are delivered to customers.&#160; The Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance provided guidance in the form of Frequently Asked Questions regarding Rule 13p-1 and Form SD that stated that "the packaging or container sold with a product is not considered to be part of the product &#8230; even if a product's package or container is necessary to preserve the usability of that product up to and following the product's purchase."&#160; Accordingly, Seneca has concluded that the metal containers that Seneca manufactures or contracts to manufacture that are used to package its fruits and vegetables are not "necessary to the functionality or production" of the product under Rule 13p-1.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">However, a small portion of the metal food containers that Seneca manufactures are sold to other entities.&#160; Seneca purchases steel from manufacturers of steel tin plate in order to manufacture metal food containers.&#160; Tin is a conflict mineral that is necessary to the functionality of the metal food container product sold by Seneca to other entities.&#160; Therefore, the metal food containers that we manufacture for sale to other entities are subject to the reporting obligations of Rule 13p-1.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">In accordance with the rules, Seneca conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry of its suppliers of steel and coatings used in the production of metal food containers.&#160; Management members of Seneca, consisting of internal audit, container manufacturing, procurement, legal and accounting personnel, among others, worked to identify vendors of metal food container raw materials that may contain conflict minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the "DRC region").&#160; Memorandums were sent to identified suppliers of materials to Seneca explaining the conflict minerals reporting rule, and requesting information as to the sources of the minerals used in the materials supplied to Seneca.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">With the information obtained from suppliers, Seneca has determined that certain raw materials used by Seneca for the manufacture of metal food containers did not contain materials that were subject to the conflict minerals reporting.&#160; For those raw materials that did contain minerals subject to reporting, Seneca has determined that it has no reason to believe that its necessary conflict minerals may have originated in the DRC region.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">The Conflict Minerals Disclosure for the calendar year ended December 31, 2014 is available at <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">www.senecafoods.com</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #0000ff">.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">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 duly authorized undersigned.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SENECA FOODS CORPORATION</div>

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