pre_text: 4. Inventories Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands): We grow and maintain flocks of layers (mature female chickens), pullets (female chickens, under 18 weeks of age), and breeders (male and female chickens used to produce fertile eggs to hatch for egg production flocks). Our total flock at June 1, 2019, consisted of approximately 9.4 million pullets and breeders and 36.2 million layers.
table: June 1, 2019 June 2, 2018
table: Flocks, net of accumulated amortization $105,536 $96,594
table: Eggs 14,318 17,313
table: Feed and supplies 52,383 54,737
table: $172,237 $168,644
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What is the increase / (decrease) in total inventory in 2019 compared to 2018?