| **Loans and Allowance - Summary of Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands** | 12 Months Ended |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
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| **Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]**                                       |            |   |
| Pre-Modification Recorded Balance                                                          | $ 7,165         | $ 5,960 |
| Post-Modification Recorded Balance                                                         | $ 7,035         | $ 6,601 |
| Number of Loans | loan                                                                     | 37              | 23 |
| Commercial and industrial loans                                                            |            |   |
| **Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]**                                       |            |   |
| Pre-Modification Recorded Balance                                                          | $ 410           | $ 4,111 |
| Post-Modification Recorded Balance                                                         | $ 410           | $ 2,115 |
| Number of Loans | loan                                                                     | 4               | 7 |
| Agriculture production financing and other loans to farmers                                |            |   |
| **Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]**                                       |            |   |
| Pre-Modification Recorded Balance                                                          | $ 1,368         |   |
| Post-Modification Recorded Balance                                                         | $ 1,234         |   |
| Number of Loans | loan                                                                     | 4               |   |
| Construction                                                                               |            |   |
| **Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]**                                       |            |   |
| Pre-Modification Recorded Balance                                                          |            | $ 79 |
| Post-Modification Recorded Balance                                                         |            | $ 80 |
| Number of Loans | loan                                                                     |            | 1 |
| Commercial and farmland                                                                    |            |   |
| **Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]**                                       |            |   |
| Pre-Modification Recorded Balance                                                          | $ 3,978         | $ 1,281 |
| Post-Modification Recorded Balance                                                         | $ 3,954         | $ 3,024 |
| Number of Loans | loan                                                                     | 7               | 3 |
| Residential                                                                                |            |   |
| **Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]**                                       |            |   |
| Pre-Modification Recorded Balance                                                          | $ 1,126         | $ 200 |
| Post-Modification Recorded Balance                                                         | $ 1,183         | $ 1,113 |
| Number of Loans | loan                                                                     | 17              | 10 |
| Home equity                                                                                |            |   |
| **Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]**                                       |            |   |
| Pre-Modification Recorded Balance                                                          | $ 266           | $ 263 |
| Post-Modification Recorded Balance                                                         | $ 244           | $ 242 |
| Number of Loans | loan                                                                     | 4               | 1 |
| Individuals' loans for household and other personal expenditures                           |            |   |
| **Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]**                                       |            |   |
| Pre-Modification Recorded Balance                                                          | $ 17            | $ 26 |
| Post-Modification Recorded Balance                                                         | $ 10            | $ 27 |
| Number of Loans | loan                                                                     | 1               | 1 |

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