McCown, R.L., Carberry, P.S., Dalgliesh, N.P., Foale, M.A., Hochman, Z. (2012) Farmers use intuition to reinvent analytic decision support for managing seasonal climatic variability. Agricultural Systems 106, 33-45 PDF
McCown, R.L. (2012) A cognitive systems framework to inform delivery of analytic support for farmers’ intuitive management of seasonal climatic variability. Agricultural Systems 105, 7–20. PDF
Hochman, Z., Carberry, P.S., (2011). Emerging consensus on desirable characteristics of tools to support farmers’ management of climate risk in Australia. Agricultural Systems 104, 441-450.
Keating, B. A., McCown, R. L. and Wafula, B. M. (1993) Adjustment of nitrogen inputs in response to a seasonal forecast in a region of high climatic risk. In: Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, (Eds. FT Penning de Vries, et al.) pp.233 52. (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands) PDF
Keating, B. A., Wafula, B. M., Watiki, J. M. and McCown, R. L. (1992) Prospects for more productive or less risky maize production in semi arid eastern Kenya a modelling approach. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Scientific Conference, Mbabane, Swaziland, October 7 9, 1991. (Ed. M. Kronen), pp.8 29. (SADCC Land and Water Management Research Program: Gaborone, Botswana)
Wafula, B. M., McCown, R. L. and Keating, B. A. (1992) Prospects for improving maize productivity through response farming. In: A Search for Strategies for Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Semi arid Eastern Kenya. (Ed. M.E. Probert), pp.101 07. (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research: Canberra) PDF
Keating, BW; Godwin, DC; Watiki, JM (1991) Optimising nitrogen inputs in response to climatic risk. In: Muchow, RC; Bellamy, JA (eds), Climatic Risk in Crop Production: Models and Management for the Semiarid Tropics and Subtropics. CAB International, 1991, pp 329-358. PDF
Keating, BW; Godwin, DC; Watiki, JM (1991) Optimising nitrogen inputs in response to climatic risk. In: Muchow, RC; Bellamy, JA (eds), Climatic Risk in Crop Production: Models and Management for the Semiarid Tropics and Subtropics. CAB International, 1991, pp 329-358. [Description of advantages of CMKEN over CERES Maize.] PDF
McCown, R. L., Wafula, B. M., Mohammed, L., Ryan, J. G., Hargreaves, J. N. G. (1991) Assessing the value of a seasonal rainfall predictor to agronomic decisions: the case of response farming in Kenya. In: Climatic Risk in Crop Production: Models and Management for the Semi Arid Tropics and Subtropics. (Eds R.C. Muchow and J.A. Bellamy), pp.383 409. (CAB International: Wallingford, UK) PDF
Cogle, A. L., Carberry, P. S. and McCown, R. L. (1990) Cropping potential assessment of land marginal to the Atherton Tableland, North Queensland, Australia. In: Climatic Risk in Crop Production: Models and Management in the Semi Arid Tropics and Subtropics. Poster Papers from the International Symposium, Brisbane, July 2 6, 1990. (Eds R.C. Muchow and J.A. Bellamy), pp.6 7. (CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures: Brisbane)
McCown, R. L. and Williams, J. (1990) The water environment and implications for productivity. Journal of Biogeography, 17, 513 20. PDF
McCown, R. L. (1980) The climatic potential for beef cattle production in tropical Australia: 1. Simulating the annual cycle of liveweight change. Agricultural Systems, 6, 303‑17. PDF
McCown, R. L., Gillard, P., Winks, L. and Williams, W. T. (1981) The climatic potential for beef cattle production in tropical Australia: 2. Liveweight changes in relation to agro climatic variables. Agricultural Systems, 7, 1 10. PDF
McCown, R. L. (1981) The climatic potential for beef cattle production in tropical Australia. 3. Variation in the commencement, cessation and duration of the green season. Agricultural Systems, 7, 163-178. PDF
McCown, R. L. (1982) The climatic potential for beef cattle production in tropical Australia. 4. Variation in seasonal and annual productivity. Agricultural Systems, 8, 3 15. PDF
McCown, R. L., Wall, B. H. and Harrison, P. G. (1981) The influence of weather on the quality of tropical legume pasture during the dry season in northern Australia. 1. Trends in sward structure and moulding of standing hay at three locations. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 32, 575 87. PDF
McCown, R. L. and Wall, B. H. (1981) The influence of weather on the quality of tropical legume pasture during the dry season in northern Australia. 2. Moulding of standing hay in relation to rain and dew. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 32, 589 98. PDF
McCown, R. L. and Wall, B. H. (1989) The influence of weather on the quality of tropical legume pasture during the dry season in northern Australia. 3. Effects on digestibility and chemical composition. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 40, 573 78. PDF
Wall, B. H. and McCown, R. L. (1989) The influence of weather on the quality of tropical legume pasture during the dry season in northern Australia. 4. Geographic variation in risk of spoilage of standing hay. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 40, 570‑90. PDF
Shipton, W. A., McCown, R. L. and Williams, W. T. (1981) Influence of weather on mouldiness and the mycoflora of legume pasture during the dry season in tropical Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 29, 59 69. PDF
McLean, R. W., McCown, R. L., Little, D. A., Winter, W. H. and Dance, R. A. (1983) An analysis of cattle liveweight changes on tropical grass pasture during the dry and early wet seasons in northern Australia. 1. The nature of weight changes. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge, 101, 17 24. PDF
McCown, R. L. and McLean, R. W. (1983) An analysis of cattle liveweight changes on tropical grass pasture during the dry and early wet seasons in northern Australia. 2. Relations to trends in the pasture, diet and grazing behaviour. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge, 101, 25 31. PDF
McCown, R. L. and Williams, J.(1977) The climatic resources for agriculture in north Queensland. In: Agriculture in North Queensland: Its History and Future. 5p. (Australian Institute of Agricultural Science: Queensland).
Isbell, R. F. and McCown, R. L. (1976) Land. In: Tropical Pasture Research Principles and Methods. (Eds N.H. Shaw and W.W. Bryan), pp.34 50. Commonwealth Bureau of Pastures and Field Crops, Bulletin No. 51. PDF
McCown, R. L., Gillard, P. and Edye, L. A. (1974) The annual variation in yield of pastures in the seasonally dry tropics of Queensland. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, 14, 328 33. PDF
McCown, R. L. (1973) An evaluation of the influence of available soil water storage capacity on growing season length and yield of tropical pastures using simple water balance models. Agricultural Meteorology, 11, 53 63. PDF