Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On April 13, 2009, Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing its first quarter financial results for the three months ended February 28, 2009. On April 15, 2009, the Company hosted a conference call discussing the same.

The full text of the press release and a transcript of the conference call are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K as if fully set forth herein. Please note that although the transcript attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 indicates otherwise, the Company's 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will commence at 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Standard Time, as stated in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2009.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 attached hereto and incorporated herein, 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, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Financial statements: None

(b) Pro forma financial information: None

(c) Shell Company Transactions: None

(d) Exhibits:

99.1 Press Release dated April 13, 2009

99.2 Transcript of the Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. conference call held April 15, 2009

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