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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Interest Rate Coverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Debt To Appraised Value Of Collateral Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Interest Rate Margin

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Working Capital

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Debt, Refinanced, Amount

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Line Of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Line Of Credit Facility, Minimum Increase In Borrowing Capacity

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Line Of Credit Facility, Minimum Increase In Borrowing Capacity, Maximum Number Of Increases

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Loan To Value Ratio Maximum At Time Of Origination

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Long Term Debt, Minimum Fixed Rate Loan Segment, Amount

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Maximum Number of Fixed Rate Loan Segments Outstanding

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Period between issuance and maturity of long-term debt, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cash outflow for cost from early extinguishment and prepayment of debt. Includes, but is not limited to, third-party cost, premium paid, and other fee paid to lender directly for debt extinguishment or debt prepayment. Excludes accrued interest.

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LONG-TERM DEBT (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
LONG-TERM DEBT (Narrative) (Details)	Apr. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($) increase loan_segment	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accordion feature to increase borrowing capacity		$ 50,000,000
Minimum increase in borrowing capacity		$ 15,000,000
Maximum number of increases \| increase		3
Interest coverage ratio covenant		300.00%
Maximum debt-to-capitalization coverage ratio covenant		30.00%
Maximum debt-to-appraised value of collateral covenant		50.00%
Delayed-Draw Facility \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed-rate loan segment, minimum		$ 5,000,000
Maximum number of fixed rate loan segments outstanding \| loan_segment		5
Minimum \| Delayed-Draw Facility \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		1 year
Maximum \| Delayed-Draw Facility \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		10 years
Debt, Maturities Term Tranche One \| Minimum \| Variable Rate Loan Segment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		1 year
Debt, Maturities Term Tranche One \| Maximum \| Variable Rate Loan Segment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		10 years
Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Two \| Variable Rate Loan Segment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		12 years
Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Three \| Variable Rate Loan Segment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		15 years
Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Four \| Variable Rate Loan Segment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		18 years
Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Six \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum interest margin		2.50%
Lender's Rate Pricing Index \| Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Five \| Fixed Rate Loan Segment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.60%
Lender's Rate Pricing Index \| Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Five \| Delayed-Draw Facility \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.60%
Lender's Rate Pricing Index \| Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Six \| Fixed Rate Loan Segment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.65%
Lender's Rate Pricing Index \| Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Six \| Delayed-Draw Facility \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.65%
Line of Credit \| LIBOR \| Debt, Maturities Term Tranche Five \| Credit Agreement Refinanced October 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum interest margin			2.20%
Partnership
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross			$ 97,009,000	$ 94,537,000
Partnership \| Line of Credit \| Credit Agreement Due May 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt refinanced	$ 9,800,000
Payment for debt extinguishment or debt prepayment cost	61,000
Partnership \| Line of Credit \| Credit Agreement Due September 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 71,800,000.0
Partnership \| Line of Credit \| Credit Agreement, Tranche 1, Due April 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 3,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.35%
Partnership \| Line of Credit \| Credit Agreement, Tranche 2, Due April 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 3,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.49%
Partnership \| Line of Credit \| Credit Agreement, Tranche 3, Due April 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross	$ 3,800,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	4.60%
Partnership \| Line of Credit \| Delayed-Draw Facility \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 40,000,000
Long-term debt, gross			7,000,000	4,000,000
Partnership \| Line of Credit \| LIBOR \| Delayed-Draw Facility \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.60%
Funds
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, gross			$ 57,380,000	$ 57,380,000
Funds \| Fund III \| Mortgages payable \| Mortgages Payable To Northwest Farm Credit Services
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest coverage ratio covenant			150.00%
Working capital covenant			$ 500,000
Loan to value ratio, less than			50.00%
Funds \| Fund II \| Mortgages payable \| Mortgage Payable To MetLife
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan to value ratio, less than			50.00%