Ideal soil tests for wheat will be somewhat higher for P and to a lesser extent K than say corn. A lot of that is determined by the soil test. If this field was hayed for 20 years and no fertilizer applied, odds are it is low, and would respond to something.
Again, talking to an agronomist would be smart... preferably one who isn't going to sell you the fertilizer, and one in your neighborhood. That way he'll know what kind of wheat you are growing, the soil type, local management pratices, whether or not you are going to remove the straw. All of that plays into the decision.
Being this is probably winter wheat, you are going to want to put fertilizer down as soon as you can in the spring, so soil testing might be a challenge- the spreader should be rolling at or even before you want to soil test. You might want a "removal" number for wheat- how much P and K will the crop remove, and just apply that.
Last, wheat prices stink right now, so make sure if you need to spend money, you do it on the places that offer the most return. In today's farm economy, that might be "a return". :)
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