A safened herbicidal composition for use in rice comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) a compound of formula (I): 4-amino-3-chloro-5-flu6ro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a safener or a compatible herbicide capable of safening such as a chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals (including but not limited to derivatives of cloquintocet, such as cloquintocet mexyl), daimuron, dichlormid, dicyclonon, dimepiperate, fenclorim, furilazole, isoxadifen-ethyl, mefenpyr-diethyl, naphthalic anhydride (NA), or agriculturally acceptable salts, esters, or mixtures thereof, for use in direct-seeded, water-seeded or transplanted rice.
