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Off patent It happened. Sakura came off patent, and it halved in price. We knew it would come down in price, but halving in price has surprised many of us. The prices that I’ve heard so far are about $30/ha for Sakura from Bayer and as low as $22/ha from generic companies. And it’s only November! This is likely to be just the start of reductions in the cost of Sakura, with it being likely to reduce even further in the coming years. I won’t guess where it will end up, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it halved again in the next couple of years. Our low rainfall farmers have been waiting for this day, as the high cost of Sakura has been a little beyond their reach for broad-scale use for their level of production. What do we do with this information? Pin our ears back and switch to Sakura alone for 100% of the wheat program, year after year. Use Sakura over the entire wheat program, mixed with trifluralin. Option b. plus, add some harvest weed seed control and throw in some extra crop competition for good measure. Let’s break these down.