There's been a lot of headlines over the past few years about the declining number of family farms. Well, this is The Last Word. We're not going to focus on farms that are dying. We're focusing on a farm with a lot of history and family pride. We’re visiting the Royek Dairy Farm in Concord Township, a few miles outside of Corry.

The sign beside the barn says it all. This is a Pennsylvania Century Farm, a farm recognized by the state for being owned and operated by the same family for over 100 years. Walt Royek took over this farm in 1980 after his father died. Walt's father owned the farm beginning in 1961. His grandfather founded the farm in 1919, 106 years ago. The family work ethic has been the same all those years.

"You have to take care of the cows," says Walt.  "They've got to be fed. They've got to be milked. They've got to be cleaned. Seven days a week. Holidays. Sundays. There's no time off,"

Walt and his wife Lisa are proud to be the third generation of the family to own and operate the farm. Walt remembers when he left the farm at age 18 and worked railroad construction. He came back. There's just something about this place.

"My biggest thing even to this day is when a calf is born and hits the floor and takes its first breath. That's still amazing to me after thousands of births that I've helped a cow with,” says Walt.

As Walt and Lisa approached normal retirement age, all four of their children had moved away from the farm, including Alan. Alan was involved in competitive bike racing on a national level. He worked a desk job in Central Pennsylvania. However, four years ago Alan, like his dad before him, came back to the cows. Lisa remembers the day Alan returned.

"He just sort of said, 'It's the lifestyle I want. I want to live the way I grew up and I want to raise my family the way I was raised.’ What an honor. What an honor to hear a child say that,” says Lisa.

"I went to college. I got a 4-year degree. I tried to live like normal people and I just kept getting called back,” says Alan with a laugh.

Alan and his wife Alyssa officially became the owners of the dairy farm a few weeks ago. They sell their milk at Till Top Creamery in Corry which they also own. The future of the farm remains bright. I ask Alyssa if there's a possibility of a fifth generation taking over the farm someday.

“Well. we have a little girl. So we'll see,” says Alyssa.

Till Top Creamery is located at 129 Pennsylvania Avenue in Corry. It’s the place to go to taste the fresh milk produced at the Royek Family Farm.