Trade names for products containing metolachlor include Bicep, CGA-24705, Dual, Pennant, and Pimagram. The compound may be used in formulations with other pesticides (often herbicides that control broad-leaved weeds) including atrazine, cyanazine, and fluometuron.

Uses Control of annual grasses and some broad-leaved weeds in maize, sorghum, cotton, sugar beet, fodder beet, sugar cane, potatoes, peanuts, soya beans, safflowers, sunflowers, various vegetables, fruit and nut trees, and woody ornamentals. Applied pre-emergence, pre-plant incorporated or early post-emergence at, 1.0-2.5 kg a.i./ha. Often used in combination with broad-leaved herbicides, to extend the spectrum of activity