A safened herbicidal composi tion for use, for example, in wheat or barley, comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of formula (I): 4-Amino-3- chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)- 5 fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid or an agri culturally acceptable salt or ester thereofand (b) a safener, for example, from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals, in cluding, but not limited to, cloquintocet mexyl, provide weed control of undesirable vegetation.