Currently, outsourcing is be- coming one of the most effective tools for in- novation, stimulating the development of new forms of cooperation based on the networking of organizations. At the same time, outsourcing requires significant efforts for organizations, their organizational transformation, the ability to buildand maintain long-term business relationships. The methodological basis of the study was the development of scientists in the field of innovative development of small agribusiness on the basis of network cooperation, the study of foreign experience in the use of outsourcing in agriculture. General scientific and empirical research methods were applied, including abstract-logical, monographic, economic-statistical and comparison method. The analysis showed that the leading strategy of the agricultural business today is a strategy based on rigid forms of integration. However, with the development and complication of inter-firm ties, the replacement of rigid forms of integration with soft, network or hybrid ones, which are based on mutual benefit and co- operation, is gradually observed. In this regard, network outsourcing represents an alternative to vertical and horizontal integration. The article shows the advantages and disadvantages of network structures; revealed the trends influencing the strategy of outsourcing introduction; the factors hindering its development have been identified; a comparative analysis of agricultural outsourcing in Russia and foreign countries for the main business processes has been carried out. It is concluded that in order to increase the innovative activity of small agribusiness, it is necessary to use more tools and mechanisms of digital technologies, including various forms of network cooperation, such as outsourcing.