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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001005477-04-002470
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040622
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040625

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RUOCCO ROBERT C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001214841

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-01989
		FILM NUMBER:		04881262

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CARL MARKS MANAGEMENT CO PL
		STREET 2:		135 EAST 57TH ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129098400

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SENECA FOODS CORP /NY/
		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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3736 SOUTH MAIN STREET
		CITY:			MARION
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14534
		BUSINESS PHONE:		315 926 8100

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

	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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SENECA GRAPE JUICE CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710419
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    <periodOfReport>2004-06-22</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000088948</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SENECA FOODS CORP /NY/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SENEA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001214841</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>RUOCCO ROBERT C</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CARL MARKS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>900 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.025</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-06-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>640000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>16.95</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>1998-09-02</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock, par value $.25</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>640000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2355736</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote numbers 3 and 4</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.025, is convertible on a share for share basis into Class A Common Stock, par value $.25.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Reporting Person is one of three individual general partners of Carl Marks Management Company, L.P. (&quot;CMMC&quot;), a Delaware limited partnership and registered investment adviser, which is the sole general partner of (i) Carl Marks Strategic Investments, L.P. (&quot;CMSI&quot;), a Delaware limited partnership and private investment partnership, and (ii) Carl Marks Strategic Investments II, L.P. (&quot;CMSIII&quot;), a Delaware limited partnership and private investment partnership.  The sale transaction reported above was effectuated by CMSIII.  As of the date hereof, CMSI and CMSIII owned, in the aggregate, 2,355,736 shares of the Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.025 (the &quot;Shares&quot;) of Seneca Foods Corporation (the &quot;Issuer&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Shares which are owned by CMSI and CMSIII may be deemed to be beneficially owned (i) indirectly by CMMC, as general partner of CMSI and CMSIII, and (ii) indirectly, on a shared basis, by the Reporting Person and the two other individual general partners of CMMC, who share the power to direct the vote or disposition of such securities.  CMMC, CMSI, CMSIII and the two other individual general partners of CMMC have filed or will file separately statements pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the securities of the Issuer which they may be deemed to beneficially own.  The Reporting Person's interests in the securities reported herein as being indirectly beneficially owned by the Reporting Person are limited to his pecuniary interest in CMSI and CMSIII, if any.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert C. Ruocco</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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