Farmers protesting against supermarket giant Morrisons over the price they are paid for milk are to hold talks next week.
Welsh farmer David Handley and members of his Farmers for Action group said they would be meeting with representatives of the supermarket on Tuesday.
The announcement follows a series of blockades by farmers at the Morrisons depot in Bridgwater, Somerset, in an ongoing dispute over the price of milk used to make cheese.
Farmers claimed the most recent protest on Thursday night closed the distribution centre, which is adjacent to the M5, for 11 hours.
The supermarket announced earlier this month it would create a new "Milk for Farmers" cheddar which would "deliver the equivalent of 10p-a-litre back to farmers", amid a row over the price of milk.
Marilyn Handley, of Farmers for Action, said Morrisons had contacted her husband about the recent protests and agreed to meet on Tuesday, along with members of the National Farmers' Union.
"Morrisons have been left under no illusion that it is not a meeting just to talk, we have to come out with money for hard pressed dairy farmers," she said.
"We strongly hope that progress will be made."
Farmers for Action said that talks were also planned with Tesco to discuss the price paid for milk used in cheese and with the Co-op and Asda over lamb.
Further meetings are to be held with both Iceland and Farm Foods and several food service companies.
A Morrisons spokeswoman said: "We know that this is a difficult time for British dairy farming but we are disappointed by the actions of a minority of dairy farmers who are attempting to disrupt the supply of food to our customers.
"The recent actions caused a lot of difficulties for our hard working logistics team and store colleagues who have worked around the clock so our customers can do their full shop this weekend."
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