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FILED AS OF DATE:		20160526
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160526

FILER:

	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:		161677195

	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: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>New York</u></font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 216pt">&#160;</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</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)</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 144pt">&#160;</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">(Commission File Number)</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 216pt">&#160;</font>(IRS FEIN)</font></div>

<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>3736 S. Main St., Marion, NY 14505</u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><br>
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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>Timothy Benjamin, 315-926-8100</u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><br>
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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; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</u></div>

<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 (the "Company") is for calendar year 2015 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">The Company is a provider of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States.&#160; The Company 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, the Company has concluded that the metal containers that the Company 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>

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<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 the Company manufactures are sold to other entities.&#160; The Company 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 the Company to other entities.&#160; Therefore, the metal food containers that the Company manufactures for sale to other entities are subject to the reporting obligations of Rule 13p-1 (the "Covered Products")<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">.</font></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, the Company conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) with respect to the conflict minerals that are necessary for the functionality of the Covered Products manufactured in 2015.&#160; Management members of the Company, consisting of internal audit, container manufacturing, procurement, legal and accounting personnel, among others, worked to identify suppliers of steel and coatings used in the production of the Covered Products.&#160; Memorandums were sent to the Company's direct suppliers of such materials explaining the conflict minerals reporting rule, and requesting information to determine whether raw materials may contain conflict minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the "DRC region").&#160; As part of its RCOI the Company's management reviewed responses that the Company received from its suppliers and followed up on inconsistent, incomplete, and inaccurate responses and also called and sent reminders to suppliers who did not initially respond to the Company's requests for information.</div>

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

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Based on the evaluation of the Company's purchased materials, the Company has determined that certain raw materials used by the Company for the manufacture of metal food containers did not contain materials that were subject to the conflict minerals reporting.&#160; For those Covered Products that did contain minerals subject to reporting, based on the RCOI performed with respect to such products, the Company has determined that it has no reason to believe that any conflict mineral necessary for the functionality of the Company's products manufactured in 2015 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, 2015 is available at <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #0000ff"><u>www.senecafoods.com</u></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">.</font>&#160; The information contained on the Company's website is not incorporated by reference into this Form SD and should not be considered part of this Form SD.</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>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>/s/Timothy J. Benjamin</u></font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 288pt">&#160;</font></div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">By: Timothy J. Benjamin, Chief Financial Officer</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 396pt">&#160;</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">Date:</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>May 26, 2016</u></font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 12pt">&#160;</font></font></div>

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