Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses - Summary of outstanding loans (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Loans
Loans	$ 545,167,000	$ 512,516,000
% of Total Loans	100.00%	100.00%
Deferred loan fees, net	(12,000)	(159,000)
Total gross loans	545,155,000	512,357,000
Allowance for credit losses	(7,307,000)	(9,208,000)
Total loans	537,848,000	503,149,000
Small Business Administration programs
Loans
Real estate and commercial loans	7,667,000	7,345,000
Commercial
Loans
Loans	131,166,000	118,731,000
% of Total Loans	24.00%	23.10%
Real Estate Portfolio Segment
Loans
Loans	356,872,000	333,939,000
% of Total Loans	65.50%	65.20%
Real estate
Loans
Loans	356,872,000	333,939,000
Consumer
Loans
Loans	57,129,000	59,846,000
% of Total Loans	10.50%	11.70%
Commercial and industrial
Loans
Loans	89,145,000	87,082,000
% of Total Loans	16.40%	17.00%
Agricultural land and production
Loans
Loans	42,021,000	31,649,000
% of Total Loans	7.60%	6.10%
Owner occupied
Loans
Loans	157,938,000	156,781,000
% of Total Loans	29.00%	30.60%
Real estate construction and other land loans
Loans
Loans	38,969,000	42,329,000
% of Total Loans	7.10%	8.30%
Commercial real estate
Loans
Loans	96,805,000	86,117,000
% of Total Loans	17.80%	16.80%
Agricultural real estate
Loans
Loans	58,106,000	44,164,000
% of Total Loans	10.70%	8.60%
Other real estate
Loans
Loans	5,054,000	4,548,000
% of Total Loans	0.90%	0.90%
Equity loans and lines of credit
Loans
Loans	47,735,000	48,594,000
% of Total Loans	8.80%	9.50%
Consumer and installment
Loans
Loans	9,394,000	11,252,000
% of Total Loans	1.70%	2.20%
Acquired During Period
Loans
Total loans	$ 82,000,000	$ 100,000,000

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Amount of allowance to cover probable credit losses on loans and leases. Includes carryover of or adjustments to the allowance for loan losses in connection with business combinations. Excludes allowance for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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