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DEBT FACILITIES (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2022	Jul. 31, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021	Aug. 02, 2017
Line of Credit Facility
Long-term Debt		$ 14,550,000	$ 32,667,857
Less: amounts due within one year		5,100,000	5,046,429
Net long term debt		9,450,000	27,621,428
Term note payable to Project Hawkeye
Line of Credit Facility
Long-term Debt			5,267,857
Term note payable to Project Hawkeye \| Granite Falls Energy, LLC Excluding Heron Lake BioEnergy, LLC
Line of Credit Facility
Credit facility maximum				$ 7,500,000
$20 million Revolving Credit Promissory Note \| Revolving Credit Promissory Note
Line of Credit Facility
Credit facility maximum	$ 20,000,000
$20 million Revolving Credit Promissory Note \| Granite Falls Energy, LLC Excluding Heron Lake BioEnergy, LLC
Line of Credit Facility
Credit facility maximum		20,000,000.0
$20 million Revolving term loan \| Granite Falls Energy, LLC Excluding Heron Lake BioEnergy, LLC
Line of Credit Facility
Credit facility maximum		20,000,000
$20 million Revolving term loan \| Granite Falls Energy, LLC Excluding Heron Lake BioEnergy, LLC \| Amended and Restated Revolving Term Promissory Note
Line of Credit Facility
Credit facility maximum		20,000,000.0
$25 million Single Advance Term Promissory Note
Line of Credit Facility
Long-term Debt		12,750,000	25,000,000
$25 million Single Advance Term Promissory Note \| Granite Falls Energy, LLC Excluding Heron Lake BioEnergy, LLC
Line of Credit Facility
Credit facility maximum		25,000,000.0
$2.4 million Single Advance Term Promissory Note
Line of Credit Facility
Long-term Debt		$ 180,000	$ 2,400,000
$2.4 million Single Advance Term Promissory Note \| Granite Falls Energy, LLC Excluding Heron Lake BioEnergy, LLC
Line of Credit Facility
Interest rate (as a percent)		3.80%
Credit facility maximum		$ 2,400,000

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

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