BATON ROUGE- Southern University's Ag Center Morehouse Black Farmers Field Day has been canceled, the university announced in a news release Wednesday night.

After receiving a notification that an employee was exposed to COVID-19, the university decided to cancel the event to ensure the health and safety of participants, according to the release.

The annual field day event began in 2002 and even during a pandemic, the university planned to hold the event virtually this year and pre-record presentations.

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