Exhibit 99.1

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                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.