Several French and international studies have observed an elevated risk of death by suicide among farmers. In light of this, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) and the Central Fund for Agricultural Social Mutual Aid (CCMSA) have joined forces to produce regular indicators of suicide mortality among the farming population. Initially, the study population is limited to farm managers and their assisting spouses who are actively employed. The study covers the years 2007, 2008, and 2009. The study population comprises an average of 500,164 people per year, of whom 68% are men and 32% are women. Over the three-year period, 2,769 deaths were recorded among men and 997 among women. Among these deaths, 417 suicides were recorded 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 represent 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 to continue monitoring this population. (R.A.)