A control method for actuating a soft stop movement of at least one of a boom and an implement connected to the boom in a work vehicle, wherein actuating the boom and the implement occurs by means of a joystick controlled by a user, a movement of the joystick in a predetermined control area according to a first preset direction causing the actuation of the boom by first hydraulic actuating means and a movement of the joystick in said control area according to a second preset direction causing the actuation of the implement by second hydraulic actuating means, wherein the first hydraulic actuating means and the second hydraulic actuating means each include an hydraulic cylinder operatively connected respectively to the boom and the implement, and a respective first and second open centre directional solenoid valve whose opening degree is adapted to control the flow of a working fluid to the respective hydraulic cylinder, the rate of actuation of the boom being controlled by the opening degree of the first open centre directional solenoid valve by means of a driving current thereof as a function of a first component of the position of the joystick along said first preset direction in the control area, and the rate of actuation of the implement being controlled by the opening degree of the second open centre directional solenoid valve by means of a driving current thereof as a function of a second component of the position of the joystick along said second preset direction in the control area, the control method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: a) detecting a travel of the joystick in said control area from a driving region of the control area to a predetermined neutral region of the control area around a neutral position of the joystick; b) measuring a neutral time in which the joystick position is continuously inside said predetermined neutral region; and c) if the neutral time is greater than a predetermined threshold of time, controlling the driving current of at least one of said first open centre directional solenoid valve and said second open centre directional solenoid valve, so that said driving current reaches zero with a derivative over time reaching with continuity a value which is lower than a predetermined rate threshold value (Th) in absolute terms. wherein actuating the boom and the implement occurs by means of a joystick controlled by a user, a movement of the joystick in a predetermined control area according to a first preset direction causing the actuation of the boom by first hydraulic actuating means and a movement of the joystick in said control area according to a second preset direction causing the actuation of the implement by second hydraulic actuating means, wherein the first hydraulic actuating means and the second hydraulic actuating means each include an hydraulic cylinder operatively connected respectively to the boom and the implement, and a respective first and second open centre directional solenoid valve whose opening degree is adapted to control the flow of a working fluid to the respective hydraulic cylinder, the rate of actuation of the boom being controlled by the opening degree of the first open centre directional solenoid valve by means of a driving current thereof as a function of a first component of the position of the joystick along said first preset direction in the control area, and the rate of actuation of the implement being controlled by the opening degree of the second open centre directional solenoid valve by means of a driving current thereof as a function of a second component of the position of the joystick along said second preset direction in the control area, a) detecting a travel of the joystick in said control area from a driving region of the control area to a predetermined neutral region of the control area around a neutral position of the joystick; b) measuring a neutral time in which the joystick position is continuously inside said predetermined neutral region; and c) if the neutral time is greater than a predetermined threshold of time, controlling the driving current of at least one of said first open centre directional solenoid valve and said second open centre directional solenoid valve, so that said driving current reaches zero with a derivative over time reaching with continuity a value which is lower than a predetermined rate threshold value (Th) in absolute terms.