It is manufactured by Dow AgroSciences, Adama Agricultural Solutions and 4Farmers under the trade names Goal, Galigan, and Oxyfluorfen 240.

[2][3] Oxyfluorfen is used to control broadleaf and grassy weeds in a variety of nut, tree fruit, vine, and field crops, especially wine grapes and almonds.

[4] Oxyfluorfen is classified as an environmental hazard under the GHS due to being "very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects".

[4] Oxyfluorfen is a diphenyl ether herbicide and acts via inhibition of protoporphyrinogen oxidase, (destroying chlorophill production and cell membranes),[3] making its HRAC resistance class Group G (Aus),[5] Group E (Global) and 14 (numerical).

It has been used on crops of tree fruit, nuts, onion, tobacco, vines, almonds, apples, apricots, grapevine, macadamias, peaches, pears, pecans, plums, walnuts, Duboisia, Avocado, custard apple, kiwi fruit, Longan, Lychees, mango, Passionfruit, Pawpaw, Rambutan, Brassica crops, broccoli, cabbages, cauliflower, pyrethrum and (before sowing) cotton or winter cereals.