LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Michael H. Keown 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 16th day of April 2013.

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/s/ MARK J. NELSON
Signature