TURFAX was prepared by Dr. James B Beard of International Sports Turf Institute, Inc. with the intended goal to "provide international turf specialists with a network for current information about turf." TURFAX ran from 1993-2002, and although it originated as a faxed document to International Sports Turf Institute Affiliates, it later expanded to a printed and mailed publication.

Beard’s TURFAX now part of Turfgrass Information File at MSU

TURFAX was prepared by Dr. James B Beard of International Sports Turf Institute, Inc. with the intended goal to “provide international turf specialists with a network for current information about turf”. TURFAX ran from 1993-2002, and although it originated as a faxed document to International Sports Turf Institute Affiliates, it later expanded to a printed and mailed publication.  This archive is a cooperative project of International Sports Turf Institute, Inc. and the Michigan State University Libraries, features public access to TURFAX from 1993–2002. To read more about it, click here or to view this archive, click here