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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE - Troubled Debt Restructurings by Modification Type (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023
Payment Delay
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 5,664,000	$ 5,664,000
Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	7,533,000	28,198,000
Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	110,000	6,143,000
Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 458,000	$ 458,000
Commercial and industrial loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
% of Total Class of Financing Receivable	0.11%	0.37%
Commercial and industrial loans | Payment Delay
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial and industrial loans | Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 3,917,000	$ 12,897,000
Term Extension	6 months	7 months
Commercial and industrial loans | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 110,000	$ 110,000
Term Extension	12 months	12 months
Commercial and industrial loans | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension | Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Reduced the weighted average contractual interest rate	8.25%	8.25%
Commercial and industrial loans | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension | Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Reduced the weighted average contractual interest rate	7.10%	7.10%
Commercial and industrial loans | Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 0
Term Extension		12 months
Commercial and industrial loans | Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension | Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Reduced the weighted average contractual interest rate		8.25%
Commercial and industrial loans | Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension | Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Reduced the weighted average contractual interest rate		7.10%
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
% of Total Class of Financing Receivable		0.02%
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers | Payment Delay
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers		$ 0
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers | Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers		$ 35,000
Term Extension		60 months
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers		$ 0
Agricultural land, production and other loans to farmers | Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers		$ 0
Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
% of Total Class of Financing Receivable		0.00%
Construction | Payment Delay
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers		$ 0
Construction | Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers		$ 15,000
Term Extension		24 months
Construction | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers		$ 0
Construction | Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers		$ 0
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
% of Total Class of Financing Receivable	0.07%	0.77%
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | Payment Delay
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 1,570,000	$ 12,394,000
Term Extension	8 months	9 months
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 5,954,000
Term Extension		41 months
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension | Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Reduced the weighted average contractual interest rate		7.81%
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension | Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Reduced the weighted average contractual interest rate		7.40%
Commercial real estate, non-owner occupied | Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial real estate, owner occupied
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
% of Total Class of Financing Receivable	0.65%	0.73%
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | Payment Delay
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 5,664,000	$ 5,664,000
Payment Delay	4,500,000	4,500,000
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 2,032,000	$ 2,843,000
Term Extension	6 months	6 months
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 79,000
Term Extension		12 months
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension | Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Reduced the weighted average contractual interest rate		10.25%
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension | Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Reduced the weighted average contractual interest rate		6.61%
Commercial real estate, owner occupied | Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 0
Residential
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
% of Total Class of Financing Receivable	0.02%	0.02%
Residential | Payment Delay
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 0
Residential | Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 14,000	$ 14,000
Term Extension	11 months	11 months
Residential | Combination Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	$ 0	$ 0
Residential | Combination Payment Delay & Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan Modifications Made to Borrowers	458,000	458,000
Payment Delay	$ 3,400	$ 3,400
Term Extension	3 months	3 months

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