This picture was taken just this week in southeastern Wisconsin. The corn and soybeans are maturing very nicely in that region as you can see that the corn has finished pollinating. When corn matures and is ready to get pollinated, each kernel will have a strand of silk connected to it that stems out of the top of the husk. The silk is initially white in color. Once pollen falls from the tassel and hits the silk, it is transported to the kernel and it then becomes pollinated. Once the kernel is pollinated, silk will turn black and die, as shown in this picture.

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