Several French and international studies have found an elevated risk of death by suicide among farmers. In light of this, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) and the Central Agricultural Social Mutual Insurance Fund (CCMSA) have partnered to produce regular indicators of suicide mortality among the farming population. Initially, the study population is limited to farm owners and their assisting spouses who are currently employed. The study covers the years 2007, 2008, and 2009. The study population averaged 500,164 people per year, of whom 68% were men and 32% were women. Over the three-year period, 2,769 deaths were recorded among men and 997 among women. Of these deaths, 417 were suicides among men (130, 146, and 141 in 2007, 2008, and 2009, respectively) and 68 among women (19, 27, and 22 in 2007, 2008, and 2009, respectively). Suicides were the third leading cause of death in this population over the entire study period. A comparison of suicide mortality among active farmers with that of men of the same age in the general French population shows a 28% excess of suicides in 2008 and a 22% excess in 2009. This excess is particularly pronounced in the 45–64 age group and in the dairy and beef cattle sectors, which had the highest excess suicide mortality rates in 2008 and 2009. These preliminary results confirm the need for continued monitoring of this population. (R.A.)