Exhibit 31.2
                           CERTIFICATIONS

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law
Number107-204) and SEC Rule 13a-14(a), the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company certifies that:

1) I have reviewed this report on Form 10-QSB of Art's-Way Manufacturing
Co., Inc.;

2) Based upon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
the period covered by this report;

3) Based upon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations, and
cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the period presented in this
report;

4) The Company's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-5(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;

b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial
reporting; and

5) The Company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the
Company board of directors (or persons performing equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal controls over financial reporting which could
adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize,
and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control
over financial reporting.

/s/ John C. Breitung
John C. Breitung
Chief Financial Officer
4-13-04
Date