The article rozhdyadayutsya scientific and methodological aspects of the concept study the nature and content of restructuring as an economic category and its specific manifestation in agricultural economics, held attributes rozmezhovuvalni concepts of "reorganization", "reform" and "transformation." The notion of potential, which is the ability to improve the functioning of agricultural economic system by reaching the proportions of production and processing, diversification of production, quality and quantity of labor resources. In a study of the classification of types of restructuring and trends in agricultural economics in accordance with the processes of implementation and optimization.

Key words: restructuring, structural changes, agricultural economics, system transformation, classification, economic and structural capacity.