8-K

          U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington D.C. 20549

                                  FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT

                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                     Date of Report July 27, 2004

                   ART'S-WAY MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
        (Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)

       Delaware                      0-05131            42-0920725
(State Or Other Jurisdiction of    (Commission         (IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization)      File No.)         Identification
                                                        Number)

                              P.O. Box 288
                           Armstrong, IA 50514
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                            (712) 864-3131
                          (Telephone Number)

                            Not Applicable
      (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

ITEM 5.02 OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

   On July 27, 2004, Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc., announced that at
its quarterly Board of Directors Meeting, Carrie L. Majeski, Financial
Manager, was appointed to Chief Financial Officer.

   The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed
filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set
forth by specific reference in such a filing.

                           SIGNATURES

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.

                                    Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.
                                             (Registrant)

Date: July 27, 2004                      By: /s/ John C. Breitung

                                     John C. Breitung, President and CEO

EX-99.1 CHARTER

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE
Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 288 Armstrong, Iowa 50514

NASDAQ:ARTW CONTACT: John Breitung (712) 864-3131

ART'S-WAY ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN CORPORATE OFFICERS

ARMSTRONG, IOWA  Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc., announced today
(July 27, 2004) that at its quarterly Board of Directors Meeting, Carrie
L. Majeski, Financial Manager, was appointed to Chief Financial Officer.

Art's-Way manufactures and distributes farm machinery niche products
including animal feed processing equipment, sugar beet and potato
harvesting equipment, edible bean equipment, land maintenance equipment,
finished mowing and crop shredding equipment, seed planting equipment.
Art's-Way also produces haylage machinery for several original equipment
manufacturers (OEM's). Starting in fiscal 2004, the Company will
manufacture moldboard plows under its own label under a license
agreement with CNH. Art's-Way also manufactures and distributes truck
bodies used in the agricultural, industrial and commercial industries.
After market service parts are also an important part of the Company's
business.