In a herbicidal composition containing a sulfonylurea compound of the formula (I):a carboxymethylcellulose salt, a ligninsulfonic acid salt, a surfactant and water, growth of particle of the sulfonylurea compound suspended in the herbicidal composition scarcely occurs after the storage.在除草組成物中包含式(I)之磺醯尿素(sulfonylurea)化合物:羧基甲基纖維素鹽、木素磺酸鹽(ligninsulfonic acid salt)、界面活性劑與水,在貯存後,懸浮於該除草組成物的磺醯尿素化合物顆粒生長幾乎不會發生。