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	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) Loan	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Loan
CARES Act [Abstract]
Loans restructured under the CARES act	$ 278,100,000
Loans remaining in deferral status	1,200,000
Formal foreclosure proceedings in process for consumer mortgage loans secured by residential real estate properties	0	$ 0	$ 0
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans [Abstract]
Specific reserves allocated to troubled debt restructured loans & leases	150,000	336,000	158,000
Commitments to lend additional amounts to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as troubled debt restructurings	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Loans by class modified as troubled debt restructured loans [Abstract]
Number of Loans \| Loan	0	0	6
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 875,000
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			875,000
Increase in allowance for loan losses due to TDR			120,000
TDR's charge-offs			$ 0
Number of loans modified as troubled debt restructurings with subsequent payment defaults \| Loan			0
Stated Interest Rate Reduction [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans [Abstract]
Period of modifications	5 years
Extended Maturity [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans [Abstract]
Period of modifications	3 months
Extended Maturity [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans [Abstract]
Period of modifications	10 years
Performing [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans [Abstract]
Troubled debt restructured loans	$ 7,800,000	$ 12,600,000	$ 7,900,000
Residential 1st Mortgages [Member]
Loans by class modified as troubled debt restructured loans [Abstract]
Number of Loans \| Loan			2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 156,000
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 156,000
Commercial [Member]
Loans by class modified as troubled debt restructured loans [Abstract]
Number of Loans \| Loan			1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 224,000
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 224,000
Agricultural [Member]
Loans by class modified as troubled debt restructured loans [Abstract]
Number of Loans \| Loan			3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 495,000
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 495,000