LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of Mark J. Nelson and Thomas J. Mattei, Jr., each acting
individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned to:
      (1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Farmer
Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");
      (2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by
this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and
      (3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.
      The undersigned acknowledges that:
      (1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;
      (2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be
in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
      (3)	neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and
      (4)	this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
      The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such
attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.
      This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such
attorney-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day of May 2015.

Print Name of Reporting Person or Entity

SCOTT W BIXBY

/s/ Scott W. Bixby
Signature