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Art's-Way Manufacturing, Inc. Named to FORTUNE Small Business 100 List of America's Fastest-Growing Small Public Companies

ARMSTRONG, Iowa, June 18 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Art's-Way Manufacturing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTW), a leading manufacturer and distributor of agricultural machinery, equipment and services, announces it has been named to the FORTUNE Small Business 100 - America's fastest-growing small public companies. The Company was ranked number 57 in 2008 with an EPS growth of 12%, a Revenue growth of 26.7% and Total Return to Investors of 53.1%. Art's-Way was also one of the featured Best Small Companies. The complete story can be viewed at this link. http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/12/smallbusiness/fsb_100_arts_way.fsb/index.htm (To view this web page, copy and paste the URL into your browser.)

To compile the eighth annual list, FORTUNE Small Business asked financial research firm Zacks to screen annual reports for public companies with annual revenue of less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1. Within that group, companies were ranked based on the past three years' earnings growth, revenue growth and stock performance.

The list appears in the July/August issue of FORTUNE Small Business, available July 7, and at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2008/index.html (To view this web page, copy and paste the URL into your browser.)

J. Ward McConnell, Jr., Chairman of the Board, said, "We are very pleased to be highly ranked by FORTUNE Small Business 100 - America's fastest-growing small public companies. Being on their list attests to our consistently strong performance, both operationally and financially as well as to our employees' dedication and focus to customer service."

About Art's-Way Manufacturing, Inc.

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.

For More Information, Contact: Jim Drewitz, Investor Relations 830-669-2466 jim@jdcreativeoptions.com Or visit the Company's website at www.artsway-mfg.com/

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.

SOURCE Art's-Way Manufacturing, Inc.

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