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Fair Value of Instruments - Quantitative Information about Unobservable Inputs Used in Recurring and Nonrecurring Level 3 Fair Value Measurements (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
U.S. Government Agency [Member]
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Unobservable Inputs		Discount to reflect current market
Minimum [Member] | U.S. Government Agency [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Minimum [Member] | Other Real Estate Owned - Commercial [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Weighted Average		0.00%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = fmao_OtherRealEstateCommercialMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
Maximum [Member] | U.S. Government Agency [Member]
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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