Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she wants an investigation into the Department of Agriculture's decision that ended SNAP card payments at farmers markets.

This comes after the company that processes SNAP payments for about 1,700 farmers markets across the country announced they will end their operations soon.

New York state recently struck a deal providing a short-term fix to this problem through the summer.

At the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum Farmers Market, Senator Gillibrand called for a long-term solution so the program can continue to benefit all of the community.

"The USDA utterly failed to do what they needed to do for our farmers and our families. The good news is that our state came up with a temporary fix for the problem but obviously we need a permanent fix. We need to make sure we know how we got here in the first place, why these mistakes were made, and make sure it doesn't happen again in the future,” Gillibrand said.

Since the announcement the USDA has made no plans to continue the service with other providers.