True. Each association is different. Here ford, Shorthorn, and Angus associtions did not register Brafords, Gerts, or Brangus, so they made their own breed association. WHere as Charbrays are registered in the Charolais Association. Just as horned and polled Hereford associations finally merged, so too will the Hereford and Black Hereford associations enetually. Having one association to pay dues to like the Simmental, or 2 to pay dues to like Hereford and Black Hereford, does not make the animals any better or worse. There isn;t a registered Hereford in the world that can;t be bred to a Black Herford. And every reg. Hereford in the world..the best of the best.. and every reg Angus in the world, including the best of the best, went into the creation of the black Hereford. So for people to say they are inferior to red Herefords is ludicrous. They are at the least, as good, but due to the Angus infusion, they are in fact superior to the red Hereford.
As I said, so ludicrous of the Simm, Limi, Gelbievmetc., breeders to dis the BHs. Also, most everyone agrees that the best British cross of all time is the black baldy. Hereford x Angus. The average commerical farmer/rancher will have black cows or bulls,that they call Angus, that are heterozygous, and occassionally the crossing results in a "red baldy".. People also use their "black" Simms,. Lims etc, to cross on Herefords, and when the "black: ones are heterozygous, they end up with red baldies as well. And, people like to raise black baldy heifers for replacements, and when these are bred to heterozygous for black bulls, they can birth a red calf. The reason the founders created the blackHereford, is to that commercial farmers would have a Hereford that would birth a black baldy every time.