A ROMA research forum heard this week about the latest research into agriculture and coal seam gas.

Landholders and industry stakeholders came to the Roma Cultural Centre on Wednesday to hear about the findings and discuss their own experiences of dealing with the gas industry.

Associate professor of rural development at University of Queensland's Gatton campus Dr Jim Cavaye led the discussion and said the purpose of the day was to discuss research done by a range of organisations, mainly by UQ and the Gas Industry Social and Environmental Alliance (GISERA), which is an alliance of CSIRO and the gas companies.

"The work at the University of Queensland is being done by the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, which is funded by the Centre for Coal Seam Gas, which itself is funded by the university and the four gas companies," Dr Cavaye said.

He said there was a range of research done, with some focused on water such as the hydrology and understanding the extraction process.

"Another project is the interaction between agriculture and coal seam gas focussing on the landholder experience and the impact on production and profitability and also what does co-existence mean to landholders and how co-existence can occur, fully accepting there are some landholders who do not accept co-existence and it's not a concept they agree with," he said.

Dr Cavaye said the day also discussed GISERA's projects on soil compaction, the impacts of roads and tracks on land and how wells impact agriculture and business.

"Many of the landholders here have participated in the research project," he said.

Dr Cavaye said they received a range of feedback from landholders on the day.

"That will add to consideration of future research and each project has its own considerations," he said.

"A number of the projects are coming to an end and much of the feedback is about continuing monitoring of impacts but also there are future research priorities around some CSG impacts on land valuation and trying to get the information to be put in a form that landholders can access and help them make better decisions."

Landholder Brigid Price from the Arcadia Valley said she enjoyed the day.

"I got a lot of out of it. I never realised there was so much information out there," she said.

The day was organised by UQ in collaboration with GISERA, AgForce and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.