Every 10 Bu of beans removes 7.3 lbs of P and 12 lbs of K from your soil.
It's not good to ignore that for very long......
Soil test is a good thing to see where you are at to start with. Some ground is naturally high in K, then you would be wasting money adding more. Or, perhaps your soil is really low in one or both, and you would do well to add a little extra.
Or you can skip it entirely this year, crop will grow, maybe not as good but it will grow. Some landlords aren't too happy with renters who don't keep up the fertility.
Depends what you want, what the future is.
I would look for a bean type that is a bit defensive - so white mold and so on don't catch you since you are doing beans on beans.
Beans are pretty forgiving as to how you seed them.
I've left bean stubble sit over winter,one field cultivating in spring, and plant. It generally worked well. I found in my clay soil it needed a deeper fall till pass every once in a while, but not a problem for a year like you are doing. If this fall is wet you might run into some compaction without fall tillage. But you are north of me a ways, ground is different.
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