British Columbia is sharply increasing the cost of logs for lumber producers just as wood products prices slump and Canadian sawmills expand in the U.S.  Lumber producers will pay $76.22 per cubic meter of softwood sawlogs from the province’s interior in the third quarter. That is a 74 percent jump from this quarter and more than triple what they paid a year ago.  Higher log prices reduce the ability of lumber producers to compete against sawmills in the U.S. Producers could be further encouraged to shift operations south of the ...