A women in agriculture conference will be held in Washington early next year and it is funded in part by a grant from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation. President of the foundation board Mike Driscoll said at the grant ceremony, “With 25% of county farm operators being women, this conference will be used to help determine what type of educational programming is needed, as well as establishing a network for area farm women.” A grant of $4,000 was presented. The Washington County Extension office will hold the conference.