8-K

                             UNITED STATES
                    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 (Date of earliest event reported) October 23, 2007

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

                              Delaware
           State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation

	0-05131                              42-0920725
      (Commission                       (IRS Employer
        File No.)                     Identification Number)

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

                          (712) 864-3131
         (Registrant's Telephone Number Including Area Code)

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                             Form 8-K

Items 8.01 and 9.01 Other Events; Financial Statements and Exhibits

     On October 23, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing a
cash dividend, a copy of which is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.


     Exhibit 99.1. Press Release issued by the Company on October 23, 2007,
announcing a cash dividend.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K under Item
7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 referenced in Item 9.01, is being
"furnished" pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and, as such, shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 7.01 of this
Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any
registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such filing.

                            SIGNATURE

     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.

Date: October 23, 2007               By: /s/ Carrie L. Majeski
                                             Carrie L. Majeski
                                             President/CEO

EX-99

                         Exhibit 99.1

NASDAQ:ARTW                  CONTACT: Carrie Majeski (712) 864-3131


                ART'S-WAY ANNOUNCES CASH DIVIDEND

ARMSTRONG, IOWA - Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc., today (October 23,
2007) announces a cash dividend.

The Board of Directors of Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. voted
unanimously on October 23, 2007 to pay a cash dividend of 10 cents per
share to stockholders of record as of November 15, 2007. The dividend
will be paid on or before November 30, 2007.

"This is the third consecutive year of paying a dividend, and we are
pleased that our financial condition has allowed us not only to again
pay a dividend to our investors but to increase the dividend", stated J.
Ward McConnell, Jr., Chairman of the Board. "While we hope to continue
this trend into the future, naturally the decision to pay future
dividends will be governed by our financial position at the time,"
McConnell said.

Art's-Way manufactures and distributes farm machinery niche products
including animal feed processing equipment, sugar beet defoliators and
harvesters, land maintenance equipment, crop shredding equipment, plows,
hay and forage equipment. After market service parts are also an
important part of the Company's business. We have two wholly owned
subsidiaries, Art's-Way Vessels Inc. manufactures pressurized tanks and
vessels and Art's-Way Scientific Inc. manufactures modular animal
confinement buildings and modular laboratories.

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements of anticipated future
results are based on current expectations and are subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, quarterly
fluctuations in results, customer demand for the Company's products,
domestic and international economic conditions, the management of growth
and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's Securities
and Exchange Commission filings. Actual results may differ markedly from
management's expectations. The Company cautions readers not to place
undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements.