Note 13 - Subsequent Event	6 Months Ended
May 31, 2013
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	13) Subsequent Event On June 25, 2013, the Company acquired the fixed assets, raw material inventory, work-in-process inventory, and select finished good inventory of Agro Trend, a division of Rojac Industries, Inc. of Clifford, Ontario, Canada. A new entity was formed, Art's Way Manufacturing International, LTD (“International”), which will be included in the agricultural products segment for financial reporting purposes. Art's Way Manufacturing International will lease the facility in Clifford, Ontario and plans on continuing manufacturing, marketing and sales from the Canadian location. The amount paid in US dollars for the acquisition totaled $313,000 ($88,000 in fixed assets, $223,000 in inventory, and $2,000 in rental expense). The acquisition also includes a consignment arrangement regarding $600,000 of select finished good inventory. As part of the arrangement, International agrees to use reasonable efforts to sell the inventory including providing a sales and marketing plan with projections within 60 days of the closing date and meeting with the consignor quarterly to discuss progress. Once a month, International will pay the consignor an amount equal to the cost base of the inventory sold that month. Because the purchase occurred after May 31, 2013, the event does not require recognition in the condensed consolidated financial statements. Management evaluated all other activity of the Company and concluded that no other subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition in the condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosure in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 13 - Subsequent Event

6 Months Ended

May 31, 2013

13) Subsequent Event

On June 25, 2013, the Company acquired the fixed assets, raw material inventory, work-in-process inventory, and select finished good inventory of Agro Trend, a division of Rojac Industries, Inc. of Clifford, Ontario, Canada. A new entity was formed, Art's Way Manufacturing International, LTD (“International”), which will be included in the agricultural products segment for financial reporting purposes. Art's Way Manufacturing International will lease the facility in Clifford, Ontario and plans on continuing manufacturing, marketing and sales from the Canadian location. The amount paid in US dollars for the acquisition totaled $313,000 ($88,000 in fixed assets, $223,000 in inventory, and $2,000 in rental expense).

The acquisition also includes a consignment arrangement regarding $600,000 of select finished good inventory. As part of the arrangement, International agrees to use reasonable efforts to sell the inventory including providing a sales and marketing plan with projections within 60 days of the closing date and meeting with the consignor quarterly to discuss progress. Once a month, International will pay the consignor an amount equal to the cost base of the inventory sold that month.

Because the purchase occurred after May 31, 2013, the event does not require recognition in the condensed consolidated financial statements. Management evaluated all other activity of the Company and concluded that no other subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition in the condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosure in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.