A safened herbicidal composition 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 agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof.and (b) a safener, for example, from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals, including, but not limited to, cloquintocet mexyl, provide weed control of undesirable vegetation.