UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 2004 (June 15, 2004)

                            SENECA FOODS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     New York                         0-01989                    16-0733425
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission File Number     (I.R.S. Employer
           Incorporation) Identification No.)

       3736 South Main Street, Marion New York                  14505-9751
       (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

       Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (315) 926-8100

                                       N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On June 15, 2004,  an accident  occurred at the Company's  aircraft  hangar
located at the Yates County Airport in Penn Yan, New York. A collision  occurred
between an automobile  owned by an employee of an aircraft service company doing
contract  work at the  Company's  hangar and two jet  aircraft  standing  in the
hangar.  The incident caused minor damage to the hangar and one of the airplanes
and  substantial  damage to the wing of the second  airplane,  which will not be
airworthy  until  the  wing has  been  replaced.  A  corporate  customer  of the
Company's  Flight Division shares ownership with the Company of the less-damaged
aircraft and has sole ownership of the more-damaged aircraft.

     The  total  cost of  repairs  to both  aircraft  has not been  definitively
established,  but  the  Company  and  the  aircraft  owner  maintain  sufficient
insurance to cover all repair costs to both aircraft.  However,  certain damages
resulting  from this  incident  will not be  covered  or fully  covered by these
insurances.  These damages  primarily  include (1) the owner's use of substitute
aircraft for the business flights which would have been performed by the damaged
aircraft and (2) the impairment, if any, of the aircraft's value notwithstanding
complete repair. At present,  the Company cannot reliably estimate the extent of
the losses, and, based on preliminary and incomplete  information,  it estimates
the damages (exclusive of repair costs) to be in the range of $1.5 million to $6
million.

     At this early date after the  incident,  the Company is unable to ascertain
to what extent the damages  will be covered by the  aircraft  service  company's
insurance  or other  sources,  or  whether  the  claims of the  Company  and the
aircraft owner can be resolved without litigation.


                                    SIGNATURE

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
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                       SENECA FOODS CORPORATION
Dated: June 30, 2004                         By:       /s/ Kraig H. Kayser
                                                       -------------------
                                               Name:   Kraig H. Kayser
                                                       President and Chief
                                                       Executive Officer