SAFENED HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION FOR USE IN RICE COMPRISING A HERBICIDALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF (A) A COMPOUND OF FOR O MULA (I): 4-AMMO-3-CUORO-5-FLURO-6-(4-CHLORO-2-FLUORO-3-METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID OR AN AGRICULTURALLY ACCEPT ABLE SALT OR ESTER THEREOF AND (B) A SAFENER OR A COMPATIBLE HERBICIDE CAPABLE OF SAFENING SUCH AS A CHEMICAL FROM THE QUINOLINYLOXY - ACETATE FAMILY OF CHEMICALS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DERIVATIVES OF CLOQUINTOCET, SUCH AS CLOQUINTOCET MEXYL), DAIMURON, DICHLOR - MID, DICYCLONON, DIMEPIPERATE, FENCLORIM, FURILAZOLE, ISOXADIFEN-ETHYL, MEFENPYR-DIETHYL, NAPHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE (NA), OR AGRICULTUR ALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS, ESTERS, OR MIXTURES THEREOF, FOR USE IN DIRECT-SEEDED, WATER-SEEDED OR TRANSPLANTED RICE.