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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A
                                 (Rule 13d-101)

                 INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED
                    PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS
                     THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)
                               (Amendment No. 3)*

                        Planet Polymer Technologies, Inc.
         --------------------------------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                           Common Stock, No Par Value
         ---------------------------------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    727044109
              -----------------------------------------------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                              David M. Hayes, Esq.
                                 c/o Agway Inc.
                                  P.O. Box 4933
                          Syracuse, New York 13221-4933
                                  315-449-6436
          ------------------------------------------------------------
           (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
                       Receive Notices and Communications)

                                March 3, 2000
         --------------------------------------------------------------
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e),  13d-1(f),  or 13d-1(g),  check the following
box     .
    ----

Note:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the  schedule,  including  all  exhibits.  See Rule 13d-7(b) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any  subsequent  amendment  containing  information  which  would  alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 or  otherwise  subject to the  liabilities  of that  section of the Act but
shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


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                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A
CUSIP No. 727044109

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
     I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

        Agway Inc.
         (I.R.S. Identification No. 15-0277720)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*  (a) |x|
                                                        (b) |  |
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)  SEC USE ONLY

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------

(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*

        AF

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------

(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO 2(d) OR 2(e)
                                              ----
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------

(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     Delaware

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NUMBER OF        (7) SOLE VOTING POWER                 0 shares
  SHARES          -------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY      (8) SHARED VOTING POWER               3,000,000 shares
 OWNED BY         -------------------------------------------------------
   EACH           (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER            0 shares
 REPORTING        -------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH       (10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER         3,000,000 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

(11)  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

      3,000,000 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES*

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

     36%
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     CO

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A
CUSIP No. 727044109

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
     I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

        Agway Financial Corporation
         (I.R.S. Identification No. 06-1174232)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*  (a) |x|
                                                        (b) |  |
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)  SEC USE ONLY

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*

     WC

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO 2(d) OR 2(e)
                                                    ------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     Delaware

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NUMBER OF        (7) SOLE VOTING POWER              0 shares
  SHARES          -------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY      (8) SHARED VOTING POWER            3,000,000 shares
 OWNED BY         -------------------------------------------------------
   EACH           (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER         0 shares
 REPORTING        -------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH       (10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER      3,000,000 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

(11)  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

      3,000,000 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES*

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

     36%
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     CO

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A

CUSIP No.727044109
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
     I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

       Agway Holdings Inc.
       (I.R.S. Identification No. 06-1174231)

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*  (a) |X|
                                                        (b) |  |
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)  SEC USE ONLY

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS*

     AF
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO 2(d) OR 2(e)
                                                    -----
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     Delaware
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NUMBER OF       (7) SOLE VOTING POWER                      0 shares
  SHARES         --------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY     (8) SHARED VOTING POWER            3,000,000 shares
 OWNED BY        --------------------------------------------------------
   EACH          (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                 0 shares
 REPORTING       --------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH      (10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER      3,000,000 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(11)  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

      3,000,000 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
     CERTAIN SHARES*



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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

     36%

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     CO

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------



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Item 1.   Security  and  Issuer.  This Schedule  relates to the Common Stock, no
par value, of Planet Polymer Technologies, Inc. The Issuer's principal executive
offices are located at 9985 Businesspark Avenue, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92131.

Item 2.   Identity and Background.

(a) This  Schedule is filed on behalf of (i) Agway Inc., a Delaware  corporation
("Agway");  (ii) Agway Financial Corporation,  a Delaware corporation and wholly
owned  subsidiary of Agway  ("AFC");  and (iii) Agway  Holdings Inc., a Delaware
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of AFC ("AHI"). Each of the foregoing is
hereinafter   referred  to,   individually,   as  a   "Reporting   Person"  and,
collectively,  as the  "Reporting  Persons."  Information  required  by  items 2
through 6 of this  Schedule is also being  provided  regarding the directors and
executive officers of Agway, AFC and AHI (the "Individuals").

(b) The principal  office and business  address of the Reporting  Persons is c/o
Agway Inc., 333 Butternut Drive, DeWitt, NY 13214.

(c)  Agway  is  an  agricultural   cooperative   that  is  directly  engaged  in
manufacturing,  processing,  distribution and marketing of products and services
to its farmer-members and other customers,  primarily in the Northeastern United
States and Ohio. In addition, Agway is involved in retail and wholesale sales of
farm supplies, yard and garden products, pet food and pet supplies;  repackaging
and marketing of produce;  and processing and marketing  sunflower seeds. Agway,
through  certain  of  its  subsidiaries,  is  involved  in the  distribution  of
petroleum products;  lease financing; the underwriting and sale of certain types
of property and casualty insurance; and the sale of health insurance.

AFC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Agway whose principal  business  consists of
securing  financing  through bank  borrowings and the issuance of corporate debt
instruments  to provide  funds for general  corporate  purposes to Agway and its
direct subsidiaries and to AHI and AHI's subsidiaries.

AHI is a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of AFC and is a holding  company for various
subsidiaries involved in distribution of petroleum products;  leasing financing;
the underwriting  and sale of certain types of property and casualty  insurance;
and the sale of health insurance.

The names and certain information regarding the directors and executive officers
of Agway, AFC and AHI are set forth in Exhibit G.

(d)  N/A

(e)  N/A

(f)  Agway is a Delaware corporation.
     AFC is a Delaware corporation.
     AHI is a Delaware corporation.
     The Individuals are all United States citizens.


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Item 3.   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

See Item 5.

Item 4.   Purpose of the Transaction.

Agway Holdings Inc. ("AHI") elected to acquire and  purchased  500,000 shares of
Planet Common Stock on March 3, 2000,  for $1  per  share,  from  the  1,500,000
shares  then  available  to  AHI under  the  Warrant  dated January 11, 1999, as
amended. Under the Warrant Agreement as revised, Agway had until March 18, 2000,
to exercise its  right  to acquire  at  least 500,000 of these remaining Warrant
shares or all remaining Warrants would have expired. Having exercised its rights
with respect  to  500,000  shares  on  March 3, 2000, AHI, under the Warrant, as
revised,  maintains  the  right  through  January  11, 2001,  to purchase  up to
all or any part of the  remaining  1,000,000  Warrant  shares of Common Stock of
Planet for $1 per share.

Item 5.   Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

See pps. 2-4 of this Schedule, setting forth the aggregate number and percentage
of the Securities  beneficially  owned by each Reporting  Person,  the number of
shares as to which there is sole or shared power to vote, or to direct the vote,
and sole or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition.  See Exhibit G
of this  Schedule,  setting  forth the  aggregate  number and  percentage of the
Securities  beneficially  owned by each of the Individuals  listed therein,  the
number of shares as to which there is sole or shared power to vote, or to direct
the vote, and sole or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition.  The
Company does not have  beneficial  ownership of the securities  owned by each of
the Individuals  listed  therein.  The information in Exhibit G of this Schedule
summarizes the information provided to AHI by these Individuals.

Item 6.   Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships  with Respect
to Securities of the Issuer.

Not applicable.

Item 7.   Materials to be Filed as Exhibits:

Exhibit G - Information Regarding Directors and Executive Officers of Agway, AFC
and AHI.



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After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

March 20, 2000




               /s/ Peter J. O'Neill
                   ----------------------------
                    Agway Inc.
                    by:  Peter J. O'Neill
                         Senior Vice President
                         Finance & Control




               /s/ Peter J. O'Neill
                   -------------------------------
                   Agway Financial Corporation
                   by:  Peter J. O'Neill
                        Vice President & Director




               /s/ Peter J. O'Neill
                   -------------------------------
                   Agway Holdings Inc.
                   by:  Peter J. O'Neill
                        Vice President & Director


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                                    EXHIBIT G

                      Information with Respect to Executive
                    Officers and Directors of the Undersigned
                    -----------------------------------------

       The  following  sets  forth  as to each  of the  executive  officers  and
directors of the undersigned:  his name; his business  address;  and his present
principal  occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address
of any corporation or other  organization in which such employment is conducted.
Unless  otherwise  specified,  the principal  employer of each officer is Agway,
AFC, or AHI, the business  address of each of which is c/o Agway Inc.,  P.O. Box
4933, Syracuse, New York 13221-4933 (tel. 315-449-6436) and each such individual
identified below is a citizen of the United States. The principal  occupation of
all directors of Agway is full-time  farming.  To the knowledge of the Reporting
Persons,  during the last five  years,  no such person has been  convicted  in a
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors),  and
no such person was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative
body of  competent  jurisdiction  as a result of which he was or is subject to a
judgment,  decree or final order enjoining future  violations of, or prohibiting
or mandating  activities  subject to, federal or state securities law or finding
any violation  with respect to such laws except as reported in Item 2(d) of this
Schedule 13D.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   Agway Inc. Officers
                                                   -------------------
                                                                                                           Shares
                                                                                                        Beneficially
        Name                             Present Principal Occupation                                      Owned
- ----------------------        ----------------------------------------------------                      ------------
<S>                           <C>                                                                          <C>
Donald P. Cardarelli          President and Chief Executive Officer                                          0
Daniel J. Edinger             President, Telmark LLC                                                         0
John F. Feeney                Corporate Controller                                                           0
Robert A. Fischer, Jr.        President, Agriculture and Retail Group                                      15,000
David M. Hayes                Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary                           0
Stephen H. Hoefer             Senior Vice President, Public Affairs                                          0
Michael R. Hopsicker          President, Agway Energy Products LLC                                           0
Karen A. Ohliger              Treasurer                                                                      0
Dennis J. LaHood              President, Country Products Group                                            14,083
Peter J. O'Neill              Senior Vice President, Finance & Control                                       0
William L. Parker             Vice President and Chief Information Officer                                   0
Michael P. Spyker             Vice President, Membership                                                     0
Gerald R. Seeber              Senior Vice President, Administrative Services and President,                  0
                              Agway Insurance Group
G. Leslie Smith               Vice President and Chief Investment Officer                                    0

</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             Agway Inc. Board of Directors
                                             -----------------------------
                                                                                                            Shares
                                                                                                         Beneficially
     Name                      Business Name                  Business Address                              Owned
- ------------------           ------------------               -------------------                        ------------
<S>                          <C>                              <C>                                          <C>
Kevin B. Barrett             Heavenly View Farm               RD 4, Box 175                                   0
                                                              Barrett Road
                                                              Towanda, PA 18848
Keith H. Carlisle            Carlisle Bros., Inc.             RD 1, Box 72A                                 4,000
                                                              Rt. 36
                                                              Greenwood, DE 19950
D. Gilbert Couser            Shawangunk View Farm             426 Drexel Dr.                                  0
                                                              Pine Bush, NY 12566
Andrew J. Gilbert            Adon Farms                       Box 517                                       1,000
                                                              State Highway 72
                                                              Potsdam, NY 13676
Ralph H. Heffner             Jersey Acres Farms Inc.          RD2, Box 422                                  1,000
                                                              Panther Valley Road
                                                              Pine Grove, PA 17963
Robert L. Marshman           Marshman Farms                   RD 3, Box 116 (E. River Rd.)                    0
                                                              Oxford, NY 13830
Jeffrey B. Martin            Martin Farms                     RD #4, Ridge Road                             1,000
                                                              Cazenovia, NY 13035
Samuel F. Minor              The Spring House                 1531 Rt. 136                                  1,000
                                                              Spring House
                                                              Washington, PA  15301
Richard H. Skellie           Richland Farms                   650 Skellie Road                                0
                                                              Salem, NY 12865
Carl D. Smith                Hillacre Farms                   RD 1, Box 1335                               15,000
                                                              Smith Road
                                                              Corinna, ME 04928
Thomas E. Smith              Lazy Acres Dairy                 180 Osborn Rd.                                  0
                                                              Greenville, PA 16125
Gary K. Van Slyke            Van Slyke's Dairy Farm           5633 Griffith Road                              0
                                                              Portageville, NY 14536
Joel L. Wenger               Weng-Lea Farms                   8988 Hades Church Rd.                           300
                                                              Greencastle, PA 17225
Edwin C. Whitehead           White Ayr Farms                  71 Popple Swamp Rd.                           3,000
                                                              Washington Depot, CT  06794
William W. Young             Will-O-Crest Farm                800 County Rd. 27                             1,987
                                                              Clifton Springs, NY 14432

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           Agway Financial Corporation
                         Board of Directors and Officers
                         -------------------------------


      Name                                  Present Title                            Shares Beneficially Owned
- --------------------                    -------------------------                    -------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                                                       <C>
Donald P. Cardarelli                    Chairman of the Board,                                    0
                                        President, & Director

Peter J. O'Neill                        Vice President & Director                                 0

David M. Hayes                          Director                                                  0

Karen A. Ohliger                        Treasurer                                                 0
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                               Agway Holdings Inc.
                          Board of Directors & Officers
                          -----------------------------


       Name                                Present Title                             Shares Beneficially Owned
- --------------------                    ---------------------                        -------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                                                    <C>
Donald P. Cardarelli                    Chairman of the Board,                                    0
                                        President, & Director

Peter J. O'Neill                        Vice President & Director                                 0

Dennis J. LaHood                        Vice President                                         14,083

David M. Hayes                          Director                                                  0

Karen A. Ohliger                        Treasurer                                                 0


</TABLE>



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