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                              Exhibit 23.1







Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We agree to the inclusion in this Registration Statement Form S-8 of our
report, dated January 7, 2005, on our audit of the consolidated
financial statements of Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. and subsidiary
for the year ended November 30, 2004.



Des Moines, Iowa
December 15, 2005










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