UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 23, 2007

Farmer Bros. Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		0-1375		95-0725980
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

20333 South Normandie Avenue, Torrance, California		90502
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(310) 787-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A to amend Item 5.02 initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K on August 29, 2007 (the “Form 8-K”).

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with the promotion of Roger M. Laverty III to Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the Company and Mr. Laverty entered into Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”) effective at the commencement of the Company’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on December 6, 2007. A copy of Amendment No. 1 is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

10.1

Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Farmer Bros. Co. and Roger M. Laverty III

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: December 10, 2007

	FARMER BROS. CO.

	By:	/S/ JOHN E. SIMMONS
		Name: John E. Simmons
		Title: Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Farmer Bros. Co. and Roger M. Laverty III