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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-20-007767
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200415
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200415
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200415

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000007623
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3523]
		IRS NUMBER:				420920725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-05131
		FILM NUMBER:		20793856

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 288
		CITY:			ARMSTRONG
		STATE:			IA
		ZIP:			50514
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7128643131

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 288
		CITY:			ARMSTRONG
		STATE:			IA
		ZIP:			50514
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SCHEDULE 14A</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>ART&#8217;S-WAY MANUFACTURING CO., INC.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>ART&#8217;S-WAY MANUFACTURING CO., INC.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>5556 Highway 9</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Armstrong, Iowa, 50514-0288</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Ph: (712) 864-3131</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>NOTICE OF </b><b>TELECONFERENCE AVAILABILITY FOR </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>TO BE HELD ON </b><b>THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">To our Stockholders:</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Due to the public health impact of the coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19), Art&#8217;s-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) is offering its stockholders the ability to attend the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders (the &#8220;2020 Annual Meeting&#8221;) remotely, via teleconference. The Company strongly discourages any stockholders from attending the Annual Meeting in person.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">The Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. CDT. To attend the Annual Meeting via teleconference, please call 1-866-895-5510 and enter a passcode of 409589.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting via teleconference, please promptly vote your shares by proxy prior to the Annual Meeting. In-person voting at the Annual Meeting will not be available if you attend the Annual Meeting via teleconference. </b>You may vote by proxy over the telephone or the Internet as instructed in the previously-provided proxy statement. If you received a proxy card or voting instruction card by mail, you may submit your proxy card or voting instruction card by completing, signing, dating and mailing your proxy card or voting instruction card in the envelope provided with such materials. Stockholders who have previously sent in proxies or voted via telephone or internet do not need to take any further action.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">By order of the Board of Directors,</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><i>/s/ Marc H. McConnell</i></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Chairman of the Board of Directors</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Armstrong, Iowa</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">March 20, 2020</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">This Supplement is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and was made available to stockholders and others by means of a press release that was also posted on the Company&#8217;s website on April&nbsp;15, 2020.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on </b><b>April 30, 2020</b><b>:</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>The Notice, Proxy Statement, Form of Proxy Card, and Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>http://www.artsway-mfg.com/investor-relations/</b></p>

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