EXHIBIT 99.2


                            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  Quarterly  Report of  Seneca  Foods  Corporation  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ended  June 29,  2002 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 Company,  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 Company.


                                                  /s/Kraig H. Kayser
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                                                     Kraig H. Kayser
                                                     Chief Executive Officer
                                                     August 12, 2002

                                                  /s/Philip G. Paras
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                                                     Philip G. Paras
                                                     Chief Financial Officer
                                                     August 12, 2002