Soil can be tested at any time, as long as you're not suffering a prolonged drought and no nitrates or sulphur have been applied recently. "Recently" in this instance means about 30 days for nitrates and about 3 months for sulphur.
You can test your soil when crops are growing, and doing so will help you to plan any treatment that may be needed after harvest. Testing bare stubble fields may give unrealistically lower nutrient levels, but measuring your soils pH at this stage will give you a good guide to the need for liming.
If you haven't tested your soil for a while, then the best time for testing is right now. You can get soil testing and soil analysis kits delivered from Novanna within a few days, saving you the waiting time for lab results and giving you control over your soil analysis and conditions.
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