Exhibit 23
          Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors
Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Armstrong, Iowa

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
No. 33-53724 on Form S-8 related to the 401(k) Savings Plan and the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 related to the 1991 Employee Stock
Option Plan of Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. of our report, dated
January 7, 2006 appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of
Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. for the year ended November 30, 2005.

                                            /s/ McGladrey & Pullen LLP

Des Moines, Iowa
February 28, 2006