FARMER BROTHERS CO
10-Q, 1995-05-12
MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS
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                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20549
                                     
                                     
                                 FORM 10-Q
                                     
                                     
               QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                     
                                     
                     For Quarter Ended March 31, 1995
                                     
                       Commission file number 0-1375
                                     
                                     
                             FARMER BROS. CO.
                                     
                                     
California                                                95-0725980
State of Incorporation                                Federal ID Number

20333 S. Normandie Avenue, Torrance, California             90502
Registrant's Address                                         Zip

(310) 787-5200
Registrant's telephone number


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  YES  [X]   NO [  ]

Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding:  1,926,414 as of March 31,
1995.



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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.  Financial Statements (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
                             FARMER BROS. CO.
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                (Unaudited)
                                     
                                For the three months   For the nine months
                                ended March 31,        ended March 31,

                                  1995      1994         1995      1994
<S>                             <C>       <C>          <C>       <C>
Net sales                       $59,514   $48,628      $176,294  $145,191
Cost of goods sold               32,696    21,817        93,483    64,747
                                 26,818    26,811        82,811    80,444
Selling expense                  18,958    18,605        56,578    55,825
General and administrative
  expenses                        3,412     3,527         9,248     8,804
                                 22,370    22,132        65,826    64,629
Income from operations            4,448     4,679        16,985    15,815

Other income (expense):
  Dividend income                   638       305         1,836       921
  Interest income                 1,154       879         3,102     2,700
  Other                             857       655          (418)    1,383
                                  2,649     1,839         4,520     5,004
Income before taxes
  and cumulative effect
  of accounting change            7,097     6,518        21,505    20,819

Provision for
  income taxes                    3,075     2,586         8,721     8,326

Income before cumulative
  effect of accounting change     4,022     3,932        12,784    12,493

Cumulative effect of
  accounting change,
  net of income taxes                 -         -          (593)        -

Net income                      $ 4,022   $ 3,932      $ 12,191  $ 12,493

Income per share:
  Before accounting change        $2.09     $2.04         $6.64    $6.49
  Cumulative effect of
    accounting change                 -         -          (.31)       -
Net income per share              $2.09     $2.04         $6.33    $6.49


<FN>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<CAPTION>
                                     
                             FARMER BROS. CO.
                        CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                (Unaudited)
                                             March 31,          June 30,
                                                1995              1994
                                  ASSETS
<S>                                          <C>               <C>
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                  $  9,249          $  8,681
  Short term investments                       86,494            34,839
  Accounts and notes receivable, net           18,648            15,975
  Tax refund receivable                             -             5,357
  Inventories                                  36,478            34,910
  Deferred income taxes                         3,561             2,905
  Prepaid expenses and other                    1,212               708
    Total current assets                      155,642           103,375

Property, plant and equipment, net             31,244            28,943
Notes receivable                                1,929             1,257
Investments                                    29,271            71,960
Other assets                                   15,107            13,649
Deferred taxes and other assets                 1,099               719
    Total assets                             $234,292          $219,903


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                   LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                     
<S>                                          <C>               <C>
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable                           $  6,493          $  3,372
  Accrued payroll expenses                      4,540             4,573
  Other                                         4,555             4,543
    Total current liabilities                  15,588            12,488

Other long term liabilities                    11,302            10,010

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders' equity:
  Common stock, $1.00 par value,
    authorized 3,000,000 shares; issued
    and outstanding 1,926,414 shares            1,926             1,926
  Additional paid-in capital                      569               569
  Retained earnings                           205,256           195,954
  Net unrealized change in
   investment securities                         (349)           (1,044)
    Total shareholders' equity                207,402           197,405
    Total liabilities and
      shareholders' equity                   $234,292          $219,903

<FN>

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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                             FARMER BROS. CO.
                   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                (Unaudited)

                                                 For the nine months
                                                 ended March 31,

                                                1995              1994
<S>                                          <C>               <C>
Cash flows from operating
 activities:
  Net Income                                 $ 12,191          $ 12,493

Adjustments to reconcile net
 income to net cash provided
 by operating activities:

   Cumulative effect of
      accounting change                           593
   Depreciation                                 3,922             3,717
   Deferred income taxes                         (256)
   Other                                         (143)              (22)
   Net (gain) loss on
    investments                                   841            (1,007)
   Change in assets and
    liabilities:
     Short term investments                   (10,716)           (7,712)
     Accounts and notes
       receivable                              (2,667)           (2,120)
     Inventories                               (1,568)           (1,935)
     Tax refund receivable                      5,357
     Prepaid expenses and other
       assets                                  (1,951)           (2,467)
     Accounts payable                           3,121            (1,062)
     Accrued payroll expenses
       and other liabilities                      (22)               22
     Other long term liabilities                1,292               738
Total adjustments                              (2,197)          (11,848)

Net cash provided by operating
 activities                                  $  9,994          $    645






<FN>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<CAPTION>
                              FARMER BROS. CO
                   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                (CONTINUED)
                                (Unaudited)
                                                 For the nine months
                                                 ended March 31,

<S>                                          <C>               <C>
                                                1995              1994
Net cash provided by operating
   activities:                               $   9,994         $     645

Cash flows from investing
   activities
   Purchases of property, plant
    and equipment                               (6,348)           (4,553)
   Proceeds from sales of property,
    plant and equipment                            255               201
   Purchases of investments                                      (64,695)
   Proceeds from sales of
    investments                                    236            20,178
   Notes issued                                   (761)             (833)
   Notes repaid                                     82             1,025

Net cash (used in)
 investing activities                           (6,536)          (48,677)

Cash flows from financing
 activities:
   Dividends paid                               (2,890)           (2,890)

Net cash used in financing
 activities                                     (2,890)           (2,890)

Net (decrease) in cash
 and cash equivalents                              568           (50,922)

Cash and cash equivalents at
 beginning of year                               8,681            64,742

Cash and cash equivalents at
 end of quarter                              $   9,249         $  13,820

Supplemental disclosure of
 cash flow information:
  Income tax payments                        $   6,921         $   8,363

<FN>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                (Unaudited)
A.   Unaudited Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the
information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting
principles for complete financial statements.  It is Management's opinion
that all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair
statement of the results of operations for the interim periods have been
made.

B.   Inventories
                               Processed  Unprocessed    Total
                                  (In thousands)
March 31, 1995
Coffee                          $ 3,139     $10,905    $14,044
Allied products                  10,143       4,625     14,768
Coffee brewing equipment          1,792       5,874      7,666
                                $15,074     $21,404    $36,478
June 30, 1994
Coffee                          $ 3,182     $10,829    $14,011
Allied products                  10,395       3,022     13,417
Coffee brewing equipment          1,712       5,770      7,482
                                $15,289     $19,621    $34,910

C.   Accounting Policy Change

The Company adopted the provisions of the Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 115 ("SFAS 115"), "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt
& Equity Securities" for such securities held as of or acquired after July
1, 1994.  In accordance with SFAS 115, prior period financial statements
have not been restated.  Currently, a portion of the Company's investments
have been classified as trading securities and are carried at fair value
with unrealized gains and losses reported in earnings.  The balance of the
Company's investments are currently classified as available for sale and
are carried at fair value with unrealized gains or losses excluded from
earnings and reported as a separate component of shareholders' equity.  The
cost of investments sold is determined on the specific identification
method.  Investments are reported at fair value.  Investments designated
trading securities are carried as current assets.  Available-for-sale
investments are carried as current or non-current assets as appropriate.
The Company has not identified any held-to-maturity investments at this
time.  Dividend and interest income are accrued as earned.

Registrant has reported the cumulative effect of the change in accounting
principle relating to trading securities in the first quarter of fiscal
1995 as an expense of $593,000, net of taxes.  During the quarter ended
March 31, 1995, the market value of the Company's trading securities




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C.   Accounting Policy Change (CONTINUED)

increased $1,731,000, and for the nine months ended March 31, 1995 reflects
net unrealizable gain of $589,000, and is included in Other income
(expense).  The Company has reported the cumulative effect of the change in
accounting principle relating to available for sale securities in the first
quarter of fiscal 1995 as a reduction in shareholders' equity of $546,000,
net of taxes.  During the quarter ended March 31, 1995, the fair value of
the Company's available for sale securities increased resulting in an
increase in shareholders equity of $654,000, and an increase for the fiscal
year of $197,000.

Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale investment securities
included in shareholders' equity at March 31, 1995, were fixed income
government securities maturing after one through five years with a cost of
$26,709,000, a fair value of $26,035,000, resulting in a net unrealized
loss of($674,000) and fixed income government backed securities with a
maturity after five through ten years with a cost of $3,203,000, a fair
value of $3,155,000, resulting in a net unrealized loss of ($48,000).

Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analyze of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations

Registrant's operations in the third quarter of fiscal 1995 continue to
reflect the high prices of green coffee.  Green coffee costs for the nine
months exceed those of the prior year by more than 140%.  Higher sales
prices of roast coffee have passed along most cost increases, but higher
prices result in lower volume and gross profit margins have not been as
strong as in prior years.  Gross profit and operating expenses compare
favorably with the same periods of the prior fiscal year.  Registrant
cautions that the green coffee market becomes even more volatile as we
approach the traditional Brazilian frost season, and is unable to predict
either the direction of green coffee costs or whether current profit
margins can be maintained in this critical raw material.

Net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 1995 increased 22% to
$59,514,000 as compared to $48,628,000 in the same quarter of the prior
year.  Net sales for the first nine months of fiscal 1995 increased 21% to
$176,294,000 from $145,190,000 in the same period of fiscal 1994.  Gross
profit in the third quarter was $26,818,000 or 45% of sales, as compared to
$30,084,000 or 48% of sales, in the second quarter of fiscal 1995 and
$26,811,000, or 55% of sales, in the same quarter of fiscal 1994.  Gross
profit for the first nine months of fiscal 1995 increased 3% to $82,811,000
from $80,443,000 in the same period of the prior fiscal year.  Operating
expenses reached $22,370,00 in the third quarter of fiscal 1995, as
compared to $22,132,000 in the third quarter of fiscal 1994.  Operating
expenses for the first three fiscal quarters increased 2% to $65,826,000 in
1995 as compared to $64,629,000 in the same period of the prior fiscal
year.

Income after taxes and before effect of accounting change for the three
months ended March 31, 1995, reached $4,022,000, or $2.09 per share, as
compared to $5,374,000, or $2.79 per share, in the second quarter of fiscal

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Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, (CONTINUED)


1995, and $3,932,000 or $2.04 per share in the second quarter of fiscal
1994.

Net income for the first half of fiscal 1995 has been reduced as a result
of adopting the provisions of SFAS 115 in the first quarter of fiscal 1995.
The cumulative effect of its adoption, net of tax, was $(593,000) or
$(.031) per share.  Income after taxes and before the effect of accounting
change for the six months ended December 31, 1994, reached $12,191,000, or
$6.33 per share, as compared to $12,493,000, or $6.49 per share, in the
first nine months of fiscal 1994.

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Quarterly Summary of Results
(in thousands of dollars)


                  03/31/94  06/30/94   09/30/94  12/31/94  03/31/95
<S>               <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>
Net sales          48,628    48,671     54,182    62,598    59,514
Gross profit       26,811    13,853     25,908    30,084    26,818
Operating income    4,679    (6,324)     4,514     8,021     4,448
Net income          3,932    (2,163)     2,795     5,374     4,002

                                                           
(as a percentage of sales)

                  03/31/94  06/30/94   09/30/94  12/31/94  03/31/95
Net sales          100.00    100.00     100.00    100.00    100.00
Gross profit        55.13     28.46      47.82     48.06     45.06
Operating income     9.62    (12.99)      8.33     12.81      7.47
Net income           8.09     (4.44)      5.16      8.58      6.72
                                                           


(in dollars)

                  03/31/94  06/30/94  09/30/94   12/31/94  03/31/95
EPS                  2.04     (1.13)     1.45       2.79      2.09

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PART II  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal proceedings.                           not applicable.

Item 2.  Changes in securities.                                 none.

Item 3.  Defaults upon senior securities.                       none.

Item 4.  Submission of matters to a vote of                     none.
         security holders.

Item 5.  Other information.                                     none.

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PART II  OTHER INFORMATION, (CONTINUED)


Item 6.  Exhibits and reports on Form 8-K.
(a)  Exhibits.
      (2) Plan of acquisition, reorganization,
          arrangement, liquidation or
          succession                                  not applicable.

      (4) Instruments defining the rights of
          security holders, including
          indentures.                                 not applicable.

     (11) Statement re computation of per
          share earnings.                             not applicable.

     (15) Letter re unaudited interim financial
          information.                                not applicable.

     (18) Letter re change in accounting
          principles.                                 not applicable.

     (19) Report furnished to security holders        not applicable.

     (22) Published report regarding matters
          submitted to vote of security holders.      not applicable.

     (23) Consents of experts and counsel.            not applicable.

     (24) Power of attorney.                          not applicable.

     (27) Financial Data Schedule            See attached Form EX-27.

     (99) Additional exhibits.                        not applicable.

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K                                        none.

                                     
                                SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date:  May 12, 1995                FARMER BROS. CO.
                                   (Registrant)

                                   John E. Simmons

                                   John E. Simmons
                                   Treasurer and
                                   Chief Financial Officer


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<S>                             <C>                     <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS                   9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          JUN-30-1995             JUN-30-1995
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1995             MAR-31-1995
<CASH>                                            9249                    9249
<SECURITIES>                                     86494                   86494
<RECEIVABLES>                                    18648                   18648
<ALLOWANCES>                                       445                     445
<INVENTORY>                                      36478                   36478
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                155642                  155642
<PP&E>                                           31244                   31244
<DEPRECIATION>                                   49308                   49308
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                  234292                  234292
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                            15588                   12488
<BONDS>                                              0                       0
<COMMON>                                          1926                    1926
                                0                       0
                                          0                       0
<OTHER-SE>                                           0                       0
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                    234292                  234292
<SALES>                                          59514                  176294
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                 59514                  176294
<CGS>                                            32696                   93483
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                    22370                   65826
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                     0                       0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0                       0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                   0                       0
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                   7097                   21505
<INCOME-TAX>                                      3075                    8721
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                  0                       0
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0                       0
<CHANGES>                                            0                   (593)
<NET-INCOME>                                      4022                   12191
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     2.09                    2.09
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