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While Latvia\u2019s contribution to milk production in the EU is comparatively small, dairy farming constitutes a structurally important sector in the country that must reconcile economic sustainability with environmental concerns, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and resource use. Therefore, this study\u2019s research aim is to identify key environmental hotspots and explore the relationship between productivity, economic performance, and sustainability using the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach in farms of different sizes in Latvia. This study applies an LCA methodology to evaluate environmental hotspots and investigate the relationships between the productivity, size, and economic performance of Latvian dairy farms; in addition, the GHG emissions of Latvian dairy farms are analysed. Small farms dominate by number in Latvia, while the largest farms have the highest yields and milk quality, and are more economically sensitive due to their high production costs. The LCA results show that large farms have the highest absolute environmental impacts\u2014particularly milking and feed production\u2014though the emission intensity per kilogram of milk is lower than that in small farms. 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